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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.
Filipino (English: / ˌ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p iː n oʊ / ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh; Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family.It is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, with English.
Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Filipino, English, or other Philippine languages.
Tagalog is classified as a Central Philippine language, and is therefore closely related to the Bikol, Bisayan and Mansakan languages. Zorc theorizes that the Tagalog people originated in the general area of the Eastern Visayas or northeastern Mindanao, probably specifically around southern Leyte.
The Tagalog Wikipedia was launched on December 1, 2003, [citation needed] as the first Wikipedia in a language of the Philippines . As of February 3, 2011, it has more than 50,000 articles. [2] Bantayan, Cebu became the 10,000th article on October 20, 2007, while Pasko sa Pilipinas ( Christmas in the Philippines) became the 15,000th article on ...
Pinoy ( Tagalog: [pɪˈnɔi]) is a common informal self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. [1] [page needed] [2] A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called Tisoy. Many Filipinos refer to themselves as ...
Tagalog has enclitic particles that have important information conveying different nuances in meaning. Below is a list of Tagalog's enclitic particles. na and pa. na: now, already; pa: still, else, in addition, yet; man, kahit: even, even if, even though; bagamán: although; ngâ: indeed; used to affirm or to emphasise. Also softens imperatives.
Tagalog words are often distinguished from one another by the position of the stress and/or the presence of a final glottal stop. In formal or academic settings, stress placement and the glottal stop are indicated by a diacritic (tuldík) above the final vowel.