Tagalog language

Tagalog
Tagalog
Wikang Tagalog; ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔
Pronunciation	[tɐˈɡaːloɡ] ⓘ
Native to	Philippines
Region	Katagalugan; Metro Manila, Parts of Central Luzon, Most of Calabarzon, Parts of Mimaropa, Northwestern Bicol Region, and Ilocos Region (southeast Pangasinan)
Ethnicity	Tagalog
Speakers	L1: 33 million (2023); L2: 54 million (2020); Total: 87 million (2020–2023)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Kasiguranin–Tagalog Tagalog; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Philippine Old Tagalog ; ; ;
Standard forms	Filipino;
Dialects	Bataan; Batangas; Bulacan; Lubang; Manila; Marinduque; Puray; Tanay–Paete (Eastern Rizal-Northern Laguna); Tayabas; Soccsksargen Tagalog (Mindanao);
Writing system	Filipino alphabet (Latin script); Philippine Braille; Baybayin (cultural);
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 Tagalogic; taga1269 Tagalog-Filipino; taga1270 Tagalog
Linguasphere	31-CKA
	Predominantly Tagalog-speaking regions in the Philippines

Tagalog (/təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/ tə-GAH-log,^[4] native pronunciation: [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. 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 is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, the Bisaya 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.

^ ^a ^b ^c Tagalog language at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025)
^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971). A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province. Diliman Review. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ "The Morphology of Sox-Tagalog". medium.com. July 9, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
^ According to the OED and Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Archived January 21, 2018, at the Wayback Machine

[Ethnologue28|tgl-1] Tagalog language at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025)

[Manuel_1971-2] Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971). A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province. Diliman Review. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

[3] "The Morphology of Sox-Tagalog". medium.com. July 9, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

[:0-4] According to the OED and Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Archived January 21, 2018, at the Wayback Machine

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