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.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountEthnologue total figure, 2020-2023. StatusWikipedia article on Tagalog: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. RegionMetro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, northwestern Bicol, Ilocos Region 2 Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Tagalog Language
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1. Glottolog: Tagalog (Glottolog languoid taga1270)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Tagalog Language
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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.
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
87 million (2020-2023)
Infobox: region
Metro Manila, parts of Central Luzon, most of Calabarzon, parts of Mimaropa, northwestern Bicol Region, and Ilocos Region (southeast Pangasinan)
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, Article text
Tagalog is a Central Philippine language within the Austronesian language family. Being Malayo-Polynesian, it is related to other Austronesian languages, such as Malagasy, Javanese, Indonesian, Malay, Tetum (of Timor), and Yami (of Taiwan).
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