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Tagalog was written in an abugida (alphasyllabary) called Baybayin prior to the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, in the 16th century. This particular writing system was composed of symbols representing three vowels and 14 consonants.
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Tagalog was written with the Baybayin scriptuntil the 17th century. After that the Latin alphabet was introduced, and the Baybayin script is used mainly for decorative purposes. The earliest known book in Tagalog is the Doctrina Cristiana(Christian Doctrine) which was published in 1593. It was written in Spanish and Tagalog, with the Tagalog text i...
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1. a is pronounced [ɐ] in unstressed positions, and sometimes in stressed positions 2. e is sometimes pronounced [i ~ ɪ ~ e], or [ai] 3. Unstressed i is usually pronounced [ɪ]. In final syllables i can be pronounced [ɪ ~ i ~ e ~ ɛ]. When i comes before consonant cluster beginning with s, such as st, it is not pronounced. E.g. istasyon[staˈʃon] 4. o is sometimes pronounced [u ~ ʊ ~ ɔ]. Before mb and mp it is pronounced [u] 5. u is pronounced [ʊ] in unstressed positions 6. k tend to be pronounc...
Ang lahat ng tao'y isinilang na malaya at pantay-pantay sa karangalan at mga karapatan. Sila'y pinagkalooban ng katwiran at budhi at dapat magpalagayan ang isa't isa sa diwa ng pagkakapatiran. Hear a recording of this text Download Tagalog alphabet charts(Excel)
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Information about the Tagalog language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog http://www.towerofbabelfish.com/language-resources/learn-tagalog/ http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/tagalog_mainpage.htm Online Tagalog lessons http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/ http://talktagalog.com http://www.tagalog1.com/Index_Lessons.jsp http://www.tagaloglang.com h...
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After the Spaniards came, the Tagalog language was written using the Roman alphabet as opposed to the traditional Tagalog alphabet. The English Impact. The Spanish remained in control in the Philippines until December 10, 1898 when the islands were ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.
The first dictionary of Tagalog, published as the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, was written by the Franciscan Pedro de San Buenaventura, and published in 1613 by the "Father of Filipino Printing" Tomás Pinpin in Pila, Laguna.
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