Tagalog

Luzon's main language

Tagalog is the principal language of the Philippines, serving as the basis for Filipino, the national language.

It is spoken natively by people from the Manila region and surrounding provinces, and as a second language throughout the archipelago.

Tagalog also refers to a member of this ethnic group: My grandmother is Tagalog.

Common Tagalog loanwords in English include boondocks and cogon.

language

Filipino

Native of Manila's nation

syntax · morphology · phonology · semantics · code-switching · loanwords · Spanish · English · Malay · Sanskrit

region

Manila

Philippine seat of government

  • LuzonMain Philippine island
  • BataanPhilippine province, Luzon
culture

Adobo

Vinegary Philippine meat dish

  • hiyaInformal spoken greeting
  • fiestaFestive public celebration
  • PinoyPhilippine person, colloquially

po · ate

Austronesian

Indonesian

Southeast Asian islander's identity

  • MalaySoutheast Asian people
  • MaoriNew Zealand's indigenous people
  • HawaiianFrom the 50th state

Samoan · Malagasy · cognates · proto-language · language family · Borneo · Taiwan · migration

heritage

precolonial

Before foreign domination

folklore · mythology · rituals · beliefs · customs · identity · roots · legacy · values · oral tradition

Categories
Opposites
colonial vs. indigenous language in the Philippines

TagalogSpanish

Language of Iberia

English · American English · Mandarin Chinese · Japanese · Arabic

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G