Tagalog language
| Tagalog | |
|---|---|
| Wikang Tagalog | |
| Pronunciation | [tɐˈɡaːloɡ] ⓘ |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Katagalugan; Metro Manila, Parts of Central Luzon, Most of Calabarzon, Parts of Mimaropa, and Northwestern Bicol Region |
| Ethnicity | Tagalog |
| Speakers | L1: 33 million (2023) L2: 54 million (2020) Total: 87 million (2020–2023) |
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Philippines (as Filipino)
ASEAN (as Filipino) |
Recognised minority language in | Philippines (as a regional language and an auxiliary official language in the predominantly Tagalog-speaking areas of the Philippines) |
| Regulated by | Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | tl |
| ISO 639-2 | tgl |
| ISO 639-3 | tgl |
| Glottolog | taga1280 Tagalogictaga1269 Tagalog-Filipinotaga1270 Tagalog |
| Linguasphere | 31-CKA |
Predominantly Tagalog-speaking regions in the Philippines | |
Tagalog (/təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/ tə-GAH-log, native pronunciation: [tɐˈɡaːloɡ] ⓘ; Baybayin: ) 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, mostly as or through Filipino. Its de facto standardized and codified form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of the nation's two official languages, alongside English. Tagalog, like the other and as one of the regional languages of the Philippines, which majority are Austronesian, is one of the auxiliary official languages of the Philippines in the regions and also one of the auxiliary media of instruction therein.
Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, the Bisayan languages, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan, and more distantly to other Austronesian languages, such as the Formosan languages of Taiwan, Indonesian, Malay, Hawaiian, Māori, Malagasy, and many more.