Tagalog

Also known as Tagalog language

Austronesian language; native language of the Tagalog ethnic group

AI overview

Tagalog is a language spoken by the Tagalog people and belongs to the larger Austronesian language family, which spans across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It matters because it is the native language of a major ethnic group and serves as an important part of their cultural identity and communication.

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Encyclopedic overview

A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.

Tagalog (/təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/ tə-GAH-log, native pronunciation: [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. Its standardized and codified form, Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of the nation's two official languages, alongside English.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tagalog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.