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Tagalog

Austronesian Languages

Tagalog 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.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
tgl 1
Speaker Count
87,000,000 1
Ethnologue total figure, 2020-2023.
Region
Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, northwestern Bicol, Ilocos Region 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Tagalog
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Source Wikipedia: Tagalog Language

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1. Wikipedia: Tagalog Language
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  • Lead section
    Tagalog ... 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.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    tgl
  • Infobox, Speakers (Total)
    87 million (2020-2023)
  • Infobox, Region
    Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, northwestern Bicol, Ilocos Region
  • Official status, Tagalog entity page
    Its standardized and codified form, Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one language of the nation's two official languages, alongside English.
  • In Family: Austronesian, Infobox, Language family
    Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Philippine > Greater Central Philippine > Central Philippine > Kasiguranin-Tagalog > Tagalog
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