Tagalog language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Tagalog |
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| Wikang Tagalog | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Central and South Luzon |
| Ethnicity | Tagalog people |
| Native speakers | 28 million (2007) 96% of the Philippines can speak Tagalog (2000) |
| Language family |
Austronesian
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| Standard forms | |
| Dialects |
Bataan
Batangas
Bulacan
Lubang
Manila
Marinduque
Tanay-Paete
Tayabas
Balbal
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| Writing system | Latin (Tagalog/Filipino); Historically Baybayin |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Philippines (in the form of Filipino) |
| Regulated by | Commission on the Filipino Language |
| Linguasphere | 31-CKA |
Predominantly Tagalog-speaking regions in the Philippines. The color-schemes represent the 4 dialect zones of the language: Northern, Central, Southern, and Marinduque. In addition, Tagalog is used as a second language across the entire country.
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Tagalog is one of the main languages spoken in the Philippines. More than 22 million people speak it as their first language.
It was originally spoken by the Tagalog people in the Philippines, who were mainly in Bulacan, Cavite, and some parts of Luzon. Now, Tagalog is spoken nationwide, just like English, and is a mix of Spanish, Malay, and English.
It originally was used with an abugida, the Baybayin script, but the Latin alphabet is now used.
Sample phrases
- Doon: there
- Banyo: Bathroom
- Wala: none
- May ______ ba kayo?: Do you have ______?(formal)
- Mayroon po: Response to "May ______ ba kayo", meaning "Yes, sir".
- Wala po: Opposite of "Mayroon po".
- Kayo: you (formal), informally, it refers to "you all".
- Magkano ito?: How much is this?
- po: ma'am or sir (used in sentences to be polite to an elder speaker)
- Mabuhay!: Long Live
- Sino Ka?: Who are you?
- Ako po si (Pangalan)...: I am (Name)...
- Mahal kita: I love you
- Nanay: Mom
- Tatay: Dad
- Hindi: No
- Bakit?: Why?
- Saan?: Where?
- Ano?: What?
- Kailan?: When?
- Sino: Who?
Related pages
Images for kids
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The Tagalog Baybayin script
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Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, 1794.
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Diariong Tagalog (Tagalog Newspaper), the first bilingual newspaper in the Philippines founded in 1882 written in both Tagalog and Spanish.
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No dumping sign along the highway in the Laguna province, Philippines.
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Welcome arch to Palayan, Nueva Ecija.
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The Ten Commandments in Tagalog.
See also
In Spanish: Idioma tagalo para niños
