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Sep 23, 2010 · Tagalog, the leading language of the Philippines, is spoken by millions of people. Learn how to communicate with them in fifty carefully planned, eminently practical lessons in this self-study guide. Basic Tagalog intends to teach Tagalog to English speakers with a minimum of time and effort.
These are Tagalog, Sebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Bikol, Samar-Leyte, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Maranao, and Magindanao. The first four of these languages have considerable importance in the Philippines. Tagalog, with some 15,000,000 native speakers, is the native language of Manila and a number of surrounding provinces.
- Lawrence A. Reid
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Jessie Grace Rubrico. Filipino, the national lingua franca of the Philippines, is perceived as the Metro Manila Tagalog which has pervaded the entire country through media, local movies, and educational institutions. There are, however, emerging varieties of Filipino which deviate from the grammatical properties of Tagalog.
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Tagalog was selected in 1937 as the national language of the Philippines, and was established as such in the 1987 Constitution of the country. Under the name of Filipino, Tagalog is now taught in schools throughout the Philippines. The spread of the lan-guage has also been favoured by urbanisation – Tagalog is native to the largest city of
These are Tagalog, Sebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Bikol, Samar-Leyte, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Maranao, and Magindanao. The first four of these languages have considerable importance in the Philippines. Tagalog, with some 15,000,000 native speakers, is the native language of Manila and a num-ber of surrounding provinces.
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Also, there was no Filipino language before 1973. Pilipino is different from Filipino even though both became national languages because these are different concepts --- one was based on only one language and the other on many languages in the Philippines, including English and Spanish. Because it was based on Tagalog and usage by the Tagalogs ...
The document discusses the languages spoken in the Philippines. It begins by stating that the Philippines has over 180 living languages due to its many islands. The two official languages are Filipino, which is based on Tagalog, and English.
