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It is the native tongue of the people in the Tagalog region in the northern island Luzon. It was declared the basis for the national language in 1937 by then President of the Commonwealth Republic, Manuel L. Quezon and it was renamed Pilipino in 1959.
Aug 4, 2019 · Historically, a Filipino language was first officially considered on Dec. 30, 1937. In a radio address, the first one he ever delivered in Tagalog, President Quezon announced that “one of the native languages” in the Philippines was to be adopted as the foundation of a national language.
Dec 30, 2012 · How Filipino became the national language. Dec 30, 2012 2:42 PM PHT ... Philippines – Seventy-five years ago today, President Manuel L. Quezon addressed the nation in Filipino via radio ...
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Jul 28, 2023 · In 1937, the National Language Institute declared Tagalog as the basis for the national language, and it was later renamed "Pilipino" and eventually "Filipino" to encompass the linguistic diversity of the entire nation. While Filipino, based on Tagalog, became the official language, the Philippines' linguistic landscape remains diverse and vibrant.
President Manuel L. Quezon then, on December 30, 1937, proclaimed the selection of the Tagalog language to be used as the basis for the evolution and adoption of the national language of the Philippines. In 1939, President Quezon renamed the proposed Tagalog-based national language as Wikang Pambansâ (national language).
On December 30, President Quezon issued Executive Order No. 134, s. 1937, approving the adoption of Tagalog as the language of the Philippines, and proclaimed the national language of the Philippines so based on the Tagalog language. Quezon himself was born and raised in Baler, Aurora, which is a native Tagalog-speaking area.
Jun 30, 1999 · The first Indonesians are thought to have come to the Philippines in groups, beginning some 5,000 to 6,000 years ago and again about 1500 B.C. (Bautista). Linguistic evidence connects Tagalog with Bahasa Indonesia as having common roots, so the main root of the modern Filipino languages probably came with these people (although other groups of ...
