Tagalog

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Tagalog is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines and serves as the basis for the country’s national language, Filipino.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
subject of linguistic study
basisOf Filipino language
linked to: Tagalog
closelyRelatedTo Bikol
linked to: Bikol language

Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language
hasApproximateSpeakers over 70 million total speakers
tens of millions of native speakers
hasCulturalRole language of many Philippine national songs and poems
language of much Philippine literature
hasMajorDialect Batangas Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog

Bulacan Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog

Manila Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog

Rizal Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog
hasMorphologicalFeature focus/voice system
reduplication
rich verbal affixation
hasNativeEndonym Tagalog
hasNativeName Tagalog
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant gemination in some contexts
simple vowel system
hasStandardForm Standard Tagalog
hasSyntacticFeature predicate-initial word order (often VSO or VOS)
use of markers for case and focus
historicalWritingSystem Baybayin
ISO639-1Code tl
ISO639-2Code tgl
ISO639-3Code tgl
languageFamily Austronesian
lexicalInfluenceFrom English
Malay
Spanish
officialStatusIn Philippines (as basis of Filipino)
primaryRegion Luzon
Metro Manila
Southern Tagalog region
regulatedBy Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (for Filipino based on Tagalog)
spokenIn Philippines
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian
subgroup Central Philippine languages
usedAs lingua franca in parts of the Philippines
usedInEducationLevel primary education in the Philippines (via Filipino)
secondary education in the Philippines (via Filipino)
usedInMedia Philippine film
Philippine popular music
Philippine television
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Lee hasLanguageOfUse Tagalog
Filipino majorLanguage Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Philippines officialLanguage Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Philippines nationalLanguage Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Baybayin usedToWrite Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Baybayin relatedTo Tagalog script
linked to: Tagalog
Tagalog basisOf Filipino language
linked to: Tagalog
Tagalog hasNativeName Tagalog
Tagalog hasNativeEndonym Tagalog
Tagalog hasMajorDialect Manila Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog
Tagalog hasMajorDialect Batangas Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog
Tagalog hasMajorDialect Bulacan Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog
Tagalog hasMajorDialect Rizal Tagalog
linked to: Tagalog
Quezon City localLanguage Tagalog
Liam hasLanguageOfUse Tagalog
Ilocano language lexicalInfluenceFrom Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Philippine peso language Tagalog
Asian New Zealander language Tagalog
Bikol language closelyRelatedTo Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Bikol language hasLoanwordsFrom Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Google Translate availableLanguage Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Kapampangan language closelyRelatedTo Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Kapampangan language hasLoanwordsFrom Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Lupang Hinirang lyricsLanguage Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Samuel hasLanguageForm Tagalog
Michael isUsedInLanguage Tagalog
Malayo-Polynesian languages includesLanguage Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Southern Luzon languages hasMember Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
SEATO hasLanguage Tagalog
Tglg associatedLanguage Tagalog
Tglg scriptBlockName Tagalog
Bisayan languages subgroup relatedTo Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino basedOnLanguage Tagalog
Philippine government officialLanguageForLegislation Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Leyte officialLanguage Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Davao Region hasEthnicGroup Tagalog
Davao Region hasLanguage Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Binondo languageUsed Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
Pasig River languageOfName Tagalog