Tagalog

Also known as Tagalog language

Austronesian language; native language of the Tagalog ethnic group

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Tagalog is a language spoken by the Tagalog people and belongs to the larger Austronesian language family, which spans across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It matters because it is the native language of a major ethnic group and serves as an important part of their cultural identity and communication.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Country: Philippines
Image: 2019-07-03 Tagalog no pets sign Pink Sisters Convent Tagaytay 0304.jpg

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writing system: Philippine Braille
native label: wikang Tagalog
has grammatical case: direct case
has tense: present perfect
P10369: mango
Wikimedia language code: tl
Commons category: Tagalog language
topic's main category: Category:Tagalog language
linguistic typology: syllabic language
IPA transcription: /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/
indigenous to: Luzon
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TGL
category for films in this language: Category:Tagalog-language films
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 45000000
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Stack Exchange tag: linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/tagalog

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Encyclopedic overview

A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.

Tagalog (/təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/ tə-GAH-log, native pronunciation: [tɐˈɡaːloɡ] ; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized and codified form, Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of the nation's two official languages, alongside English.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tagalog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.