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4 days ago · A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [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.
- 28 million (2022), 82 million total speakers (2022)
1 day ago · This language has absorbed influences from various languages, showing the Philippines’ diverse history. Effective communication in Tagalog worldwide needs professional translation services. Learning about Tagalog’s origins, variations, and cultural effects helps us understand its global significance and its role in Filipino identity.
1 day ago · As a lingua franca or creole language of Filipinos, major languages of the country like Chavacano, Cebuano, Tagalog, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Bikol, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, and Ilocano assimilated many different words and expressions from Castilian Spanish. Chavacano is the only Spanish-based creole language in Asia.
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4 days ago · ANCIENT NAME GIVEN TO THE ISLANDS by: Carlos Quirino July 2016--The different Island of the Philippine archipelago had bad various names in history.The native inhabitants had their own names, but as each wave of foreign voyagers touch these places they either baptized them with their own appellation or misspelled the native names due to differences of language and pronunciation.
4 days ago · The Commission on the Filipino Language, the Philippine government body charged with developing and promoting the national and regional languages of the country, spells the name of the language in Filipino as Sebwano. Nomenclature. The term Cebuano derives from "Cebu"+"ano", a Latinate calque, reflective of the Philippines's Spanish colonial ...
3 days ago · Blumentritt, Ferdinand. 1916. “Philippine Tribes and Languages.” In Philippine Progress Prior to 1898, edited by Austin Craig and Conrado Benitez, vol.l, 107-117. Manila: Philippine Education Co., Inc. ———. 1980. An Attempt at Writing a Philippine Ethnography. Translated from the original 1882 German text by Marcelino N. Maceda.
3 days ago · A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
