Tagalog [6] (Tagalog: ) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a quarter of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by the majority.[7] It is the first language of the Philippine region IV (CALABARZON and MIMAROPA), of Bulacan and of Metro Manila. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language and one of two official languages of the Philippines, the other being English.
It is related to other
Philippine languages such as the
Bikol languages,
Ilokano, the
Visayan languages, and
Kapampangan, and more distantly to other Austronesian languages such as
Indonesian,
Hawaiian and
Malagasy.
Contents
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History 1
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Historical changes 1.1
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Official status 1.2
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Classification 2
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Dialects 2.1
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Geographic distribution 2.2
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Accents 2.3
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Code-switching 2.4
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Phonology 3
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Vowels 3.1
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Consonants 3.2
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Grammar 4
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Writing system 5
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Baybayin 5.1
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Latin alphabet 5.2
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Abecedario 5.2.1
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Abakada 5.2.2
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Revised alphabet 5.2.3
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ng and mga 5.2.4
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po/ho and opo/oho 5.3
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Vocabulary and borrowed words 6
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Tagalog words of foreign origin 6.1
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Cognates with other Philippine languages 6.2
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Austronesian comparison chart 7
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Religious literature 8
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Examples 9
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Lord's Prayer 9.1
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 9.2
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Numbers 9.3
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Months and days 9.4
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Time 9.5
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Common phrases 10
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See also 11
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References 12
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External links 13
History
The word Tagalog is derived from the endonym taga-ilog ("river dweller"), composed of tagá- ("native of" or "from") and ílog ("river"). Very little is known about the ancient history of the language; linguists such as Dr. David Zorc and Dr. Robert Blust speculate that the Tagalogs and other Central Philippine ethno-linguistic groups had originated in Northeastern Mindanao or the Eastern Visayas.[8][9]
The first written record of Tagalog is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription which dates to 900 CE, and exhibits fragments of the language along with Sanskrit, Malay, Javanese and Old Tagalog. The first known complete book to be written in Tagalog is the Doctrina Christiana (Christian Doctrine), printed in 1593. The Doctrina was written in Spanish and two transcriptions of Tagalog; one in the ancient, then-current Baybayin script and the other in an early Spanish attempt at a Latin orthography for the language. Throughout the 333 years of Spanish occupation, there were grammars and dictionaries written by Spanish clergymen such as Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala by Pedro de San Buenaventura (Pila, Laguna, 1613), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1835) and Arte de la lengua tagala y manual tagalog para la administración de los Santos Sacramentos (1850). The indigenous poet Francisco Baltazar (1788–1862) is regarded as the foremost Tagalog writer, his most notable work being the early 19th-century epic Florante at Laura.
Historical changes
Tagalog differs from its Central Philippine counterparts with its treatment of the Proto-Philippine schwa vowel *ə. In Bikol and Visayan, this sound merged with /u/ and [o]. In Tagalog, it has merged with /i/. For example, Proto-Philippine *dəkət (adhere, stick) is Tagalog dikít and Visayan & Bikol dukot.
Proto-Philippine *r, *j, and *z merged with /d/ but is /l/ between vowels. Proto-Philippine *ŋɡajan (name) and *hajək (kiss) became Tagalog ngalan and halík.
Proto-Philippine *R merged with /ɡ/. *tubiR (water) and *zuRuʔ (blood) became Tagalog tubig and dugô.
Official status
Tagalog was declared the official language by the first constitution in the Philippines, the Constitution of Biak-na-Bato in 1897.[10]
In 1935, the Philippine constitution designated English and Spanish as official languages, but mandated the development and adoption of a common national language based on one of the existing native languages.[11] After study and deliberation, the National Language Institute, a committee composed of seven members who represented various regions in the Philippines, chose Tagalog as the basis for the evolution and adoption of the national language of the Philippines.[12][13] President Manuel L. Quezon then, on December 30, 1937, proclaimed the selection of the Tagalog language to be used as the basis for the evolution and adoption of the national language of the Philippines.[12] In 1939 President Quezon renamed the proposed Tagalog-based national language as wikang pambansâ (national language).[13] In 1959, the language was further renamed as "Pilipino".[13] The 1973 constitution designated the Tagalog-based "Pilipino", along with English, as an official language and mandated the development and formal adoption of a common national language to be known as Filipino.[14] The 1987 constitution designated Filipino as the national language mandating that as it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages.[15]
Article XIV, Section 7 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines specifies, in part:
Subject to provisions of law and as the Congress may deem appropriate, the Government shall take steps to initiate and sustain the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication and as language of instruction in the educational system.
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The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the regions and shall serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein.
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In 2009, the Department of Education promulgated an order institutionalizing a system of mother-tongue based multilingual education ("MLE"), wherein instruction is conducted primarily in a student's mother tongue until at least grade three, with additional languages such as Filipino and English being introduced as separate subjects no earlier than grade two. In secondary school, Filipino and English become the primary languages of instruction, with the learner's first language taking on an auxiliary role.[16]
Classification
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 Tao language (of Taiwan). It is closely related to the languages spoken in the Bicol and Visayas regions such as Bikol and the Visayan group including Hiligaynon and Cebuano.
Dialects
At present, no comprehensive dialectology has been done in the Tagalog-speaking regions, though there have been descriptions in the form of dictionaries and grammars on various Tagalog dialects. Ethnologue lists Lubang, Manila, Marinduque, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Tanay-Paete, and Tayabas as dialects of Tagalog. However, there appear to be four main dialects of which the aforementioned are a part; Northern (exemplified by the Bulacan dialect), Central (including Manila), Southern (exemplified by Batangas), and Marinduque.
Some example of dialectal differences are:
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Many Tagalog dialects, particularly those in the south, preserve the glottal stop found after consonants and before vowels. This has been lost in Standard Tagalog. For example standard Tagalog ngayón (now, today), sinigáng (broth stew), gabí (night), matamís (sweet), are pronounced and written ngay-on, sinig-ang, gab-i, and matam-is in other dialects.
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In Teresian-Morong Tagalog, [ɾ] is usually preferred over [d]. For example, bundók, dagat, dingdíng, and isdâ become bunrók, ragat, ringríng, and isrâ, e.g. "sandók sa dingdíng" becoming "sanrók sa ringríng".
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In many southern dialects, the progressive aspect infix of -um- verbs is na-. For example, standard Tagalog kumakain (eating) is nákáin in Quezon and Batangas Tagalog. This is the butt of some jokes by other Tagalog speakers, for should a Southern Tagalog ask nákáin ka ba ng patíng? ("Do you eat shark?"), he would be understood as saying "Has a shark eaten you?" by speakers of the Manila Dialect.
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Some dialects have interjections which are considered a regional trademark. For example, the interjection ala e! usually identifies someone from Batangas as does hane?! in Rizal and Quezon provinces.
Perhaps the most divergent Tagalog dialects are those spoken in Marinduque. Linguist Rosa Soberano identifies two dialects, western and eastern, with the former being closer to the Tagalog dialects spoken in the provinces of Batangas and Quezon.
One example is the verb conjugation paradigms. While some of the affixes are different, Marinduque also preserves the imperative affixes, also found in Visayan and Bikol languages, that have mostly disappeared from most Tagalog early 20th century; they have since merged with the infinitive.
Manila Tagalog
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Marinduqueño Tagalog
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English
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Susulat siná María at Esperanza kay Juan.
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Másúlat da María at Esperanza kay Juan.
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"María and Esperanza will write to Juan."
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Mag-aaral siya sa Maynilà.
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Gaaral siya sa Maynilà.
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"[He/She] will study in Manila."
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Maglutò ka na!
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Paglutò!
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"You cook now!"
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Kainin mo iyán.
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Kaina yaan.
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"Eat that."
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Tinatawag tayo ni Tatay.
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Inatawag nganì kitá ni Tatay.
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"Daddy is calling us."
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Tútulungan ba kayó ni Hilario?
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Atulungan ga kamo ni Hilario?
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"Will Hilario help you?"
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Northern and central dialects form the basis for the national language.
Geographic distribution
The Tagalog homeland, or Katagalugan, covers roughly much of the central to southern parts of the island of Luzon—particularly in Aurora, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Camarines Norte, Cavite, Laguna, Metro Manila, Nueva Ecija, Quezon, Rizal, and large parts of Zambales. Tagalog is also spoken natively by inhabitants living on the islands, Marinduque, Mindoro, and large areas of Palawan. It is spoken by approximately 64 million Filipinos, 96% of the household population.[17] 22 million, or 28% of the total Philippine population,[18] speak it as a native language.
Tagalog speakers are found in other parts of the Philippines as well as throughout the world, though its use is usually limited to communication between Filipino ethnic groups. In 2010, the US Census bureau reported (based on data collected in 2007) that in the United States it was the fourth most-spoken language at home with almost 1.5 million speakers, behind Spanish or Spanish Creole, French (including Patois, Cajun, Creole), and Chinese. Tagalog ranked as the third most spoken language in metropolitan statistical areas, behind Spanish and Chinese but ahead of French.[19]
Accents
The Tagalog language also boasts accentations unique to some parts of Tagalog-speaking regions. For example, in some parts of Manila: a strong pronunciation of i exists and vowel-switching of o and u exists so words like "gising" (to wake) is pronounced as "giseng" with a strong 'e' and the word "tagu-taguan" (hide-and-go-seek) is pronounced as "tago-tagoan" with a mild 'o'.
Batangas Tagalog boasts the most distinctive accent in Tagalog compared to the more Hispanized northern accents of the language. The Batangas accent has been featured in film and television and Filipino actor Leo Martinez speaks this accent. Martinez's accent, however, will quickly be recognized by native Batangueños as representative of the accent in western Batangas which is milder compared to that used in the eastern part of the province.
Code-switching
Taglish and Englog are portmanteau names given to a mix of English and Tagalog. The amount of English vs. Tagalog varies from the occasional use of English loan words to outright code-switching where the language changes in mid-sentence. Such code-switching is prevalent throughout the Philippines and in various languages of the Philippines other than Tagalog.
Code Mixing also entails the use of foreign words that are Filipinized by reforming them using Filipino rules, such as verb conjugations. Users typically use Filipino or English words, whichever comes to mind first or whichever is easier to use.
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"Magshoshopping kami sa mall. Sino ba ang magdadrive sa shopping center?"
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"We will go shopping at the mall. Who will drive to the shopping center?"
Although it is generally looked down upon, code-switching is prevalent in all levels of society; however, city-dwellers, the highly educated, and people born around and after World War II are more likely to do this.
The practice is common in television, radio, and print media as well. Advertisements from companies like Wells Fargo, Wal-Mart, Albertsons, McDonald's, and Western Union have contained Taglish.
Phonology
Tagalog has 33 phonemes: 19 of them are consonants and 14 are vowels. Syllable structure is relatively simple, being maximally consonant-ar-vowel-consonant, where consonant-ar only occurs in borrowed words such as trak "truck" or sombréro "hat".[20]
Vowels
Tagalog has ten simple vowels, five long and five short, and four diphthongs.[20] Before appearing in the area north of Pasig river, Tagalog had three vowel qualities: /a/, /i/, and /u/. This was later expanded to five with the introduction of words from Northern Philippine languages like Kapampangan and Ilocano and Spanish words.
They are:
Nevertheless simplification of pairs [o ~ u] and [ɛ ~ i] is likely to take place, especially in some Tagalog as second language, remote location and worker class registers.
The four diphthongs are /aj/, /uj/, /aw/, and /iw/. Long vowels are not written apart from pedagogical texts, where an acute accent is used: á é í ó ú.[20]
Consonants
Below is a chart of Tagalog consonants. All the stops are unaspirated. The velar nasal occurs in all positions including at the beginning of a word.
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/k/ between vowels has a tendency to become [x] as in Spanish "José", whereas in the initial position it has a tendency to become [kx], especially in the Manila dialect.
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Intervocalic /ɡ/ and /k/ tend to become [ɰ], as in Spanish "agua", especially in the Manila dialect.
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/ɾ/ and /d/ were once allophones, and they still vary grammatically, with initial /d/ becoming intervocalic /ɾ/ in many words.[20]
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A glottal stop that occurs in pausa (before a pause) is omitted when it is in the middle of a phrase,[20] especially in the Metro Manila area. The vowel it follows is then lengthened. However, it is preserved in many other dialects.
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/ɾ/ can be pronounced [r].
/tʃ dʒ ʃ/ are written ts, dy, sy.
Glottal stop is not indicated.[20] Glottal stops are most likely to occur when:
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the word starts with a vowel, like "aso" (dog)
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the word includes a dash followed by a vowel, like "mag-aral" (study)
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the word has two vowels next to each other, like "paano" (how)
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the word starts with a prefix followed by a verb that starts with a vowel, like "mag-aayos" ([will] fix)
Grammar
Writing system
Baybayin
Tagalog was written in an abugida, or alphasyllabary, called Baybayin prior to the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, in the 16th century. This particular writing system was composed of symbols representing three vowels and 14 consonants. Belonging to the Brahmic family of scripts, it shares similarities with the Old Kawi script of Java and is believed to be descended from the script used by the Bugis in Sulawesi.
Although it enjoyed a relatively high level of literacy, Baybayin gradually fell into disuse in favor of the Latin alphabet taught by the Spaniards during their rule.
There has been confusion of how to use Baybayin, which is actually an abugida, or an alphasyllabary, rather than an alphabet. Not every letter in the Latin alphabet is represented with one of those in the Baybayin alphasyllabary. Rather than letters being put together to make sounds as in Western languages, Baybayin uses symbols to represent syllables.
A "kudlit" resembling an apostrophe is used above or below a symbol to change the vowel sound after its consonant. If the kudlit is used above, the vowel is an "E" or "I" sound. If the kudlit is used below, the vowel is an "O" or "U" sound. A special kudlit was later added by Spanish missionaries in which a cross placed below the symbol to get rid of the vowel sound all together, leaving a consonant. Previously, the consonant without a following vowel was simply left out (for example, bundok being rendered as budo), forcing the reader to use context when reading such words.
Example:
Baybayin is encoded in Unicode version 3.2 in the range 1700-171F under the name "Tagalog".
ka
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ga
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nga
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ta
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da/ra
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na
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pa
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ba
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ma
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vowels
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b
b
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ᜊ᜔
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ba
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ᜊ
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bi
be
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ᜊᜒ
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bu
bo
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ᜊᜓ
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k
k
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ᜃ᜔
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ka
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ᜃ
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ki
ke
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ᜃᜒ
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ku
ko
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ᜃᜓᜓ
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d/r
d/r
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ᜇ᜔
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da/ra
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ᜇ
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di/ri
de/re
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ᜇᜒ
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du/ru
do/ro
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ᜇᜓ
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g
g
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ᜄ᜔
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ga
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ᜄ
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gi
ge
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ᜄᜒ
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gu
go
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ᜄᜓ
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h
h
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ᜑ᜔
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ha
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ᜑ
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hi
he
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ᜑᜒ
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hu
ho
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ᜑᜓ
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l
l
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ᜎ᜔
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la
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ᜎ
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li
le
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ᜎᜒ
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lu
lo
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ᜎᜓ
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m
m
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ᜋ᜔
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ma
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ᜋ
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mi
me
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ᜋᜒ
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mu
mo
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ᜋᜓ
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n
n
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ᜈ᜔
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na
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ᜈ
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ni
ne
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ᜈᜒ
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nu
no
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ᜈᜓ
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ng
ng
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ᜅ᜔
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nga
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ᜅ
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ngi
nge
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ᜅᜒ
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ngu
ngo
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ᜅᜓ
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p
p
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ᜉ᜔
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pa
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ᜉ
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pi
pe
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ᜉᜒ
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pu
po
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ᜉᜓ
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s
s
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ᜐ᜔
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sa
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ᜐ
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si
se
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ᜐᜒ
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su
so
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ᜐᜓ
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t
t
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ᜆ᜔
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ta
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ᜆ
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ti
te
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ᜆᜒ
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tu
to
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ᜆᜓ
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w
w
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ᜏ᜔
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wa
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ᜏ
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wi
we
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ᜏᜒ
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wu
wo
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ᜏᜓ
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y
y
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ᜌ᜔
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ya
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ᜌ
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yi
ye
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ᜌᜒ
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yu
yo
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ᜌᜓ
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Latin alphabet
Abecedario
Until the first half of the 20th century, Tagalog was widely written in a variety of ways based on Spanish orthography consisting of 32 letters called 'ABECEDARIO':[21][22]
Majuscule
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Minuscule
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Majuscule
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Minuscule
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A
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a
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Ng
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ng
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B
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b
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Ñ
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ñ
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C
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c
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N͠g / Ñg
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n͠g / ñg
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Ch
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ch
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O
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o
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D
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d
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P
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p
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E
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e
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Q
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q
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F
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f
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R
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r
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G
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g
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Rr
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rr
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H
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h
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S
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s
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I
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i
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T
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t
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J
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j
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U
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u
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K
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k
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V
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v
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L
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l
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W
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w
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Ll
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ll
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X
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x
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M
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m
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Y
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y
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N
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n
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Z
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z
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Abakada
When the national language was based on Tagalog, grammarian Lope K. Santos introduced a new alphabet consisting of 20 letters called ABAKADA in school grammar books called balarilà:[23][24][25]
Majuscule
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Minuscule
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Majuscule
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Minuscule
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A
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a
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N
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n
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B
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b
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Ng
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ng
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K
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k
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O
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o
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D
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d
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P
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p
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E
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e
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R
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r
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G
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g
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S
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s
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H
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h
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T
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t
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I
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i
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U
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u
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L
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l
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W
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w
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M
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m
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Y
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y
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Revised alphabet
In 1987 the department of Education, Culture and Sports issued a memo stating that the Philippine alphabet had changed from the Pilipino-Tagalog Abakada version to a new 28-letter alphabet[26][27] to make room for loans, especially family names from Spanish and English:[28]
Majuscule
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Minuscule
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Majuscule
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Minuscule
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A
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a
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Ñ
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ñ
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B
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b
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Ng
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ng
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C
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c
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O
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o
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D
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d
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P
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p
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E
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e
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Q
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q
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F
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f
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R
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r
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G
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g
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S
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s
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H
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h
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T
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t
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I
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i
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U
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u
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J
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j
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V
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v
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K
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k
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W
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w
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L
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l
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X
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x
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M
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m
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Y
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y
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N
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n
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Z
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z
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ng and mga
The genitive marker ng and the plural marker mga are abbreviations that are pronounced nang [naŋ] and mangá [mɐˈŋa]. Ng, in most cases, roughly translates to "of" (ex. Siya ay kapatid ng nanay ko. She is the sibling of my mother) while nang usually means "when" or can describe how something is done or to what extent (equivalent to the suffix -ly in English adverbs), among other uses. Mga (pronounced as "muh-NGA") denotes plurality as adding an s, es, or ies does in English (ex. Iyan ang mga damit ko. (Those are my clothes)).
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Nang si Hudas ay nadulás.—When Judas slipped.
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Gumising siya nang maaga.—He woke up early.
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Gumalíng nang todo si Juan dahil nag-ensayo siya.—Juan greatly improved because he practiced.
In the first example, nang is used in lieu of the word noong (when; Noong si Hudas ay madulas). In the second, nang describes that the person woke up (gumising) early (maaga); gumising nang maaga. In the third, nang described up to what extent that Juan improved (gumaling), which is "greatly" (nang todo). In the latter two examples, the ligature na and its variants -ng and -g may also be used (Gumising na maaga/Maagang gumising; Gumaling na todo/Todong gumaling).
The longer nang may also have other uses, such as a ligature that joins a repeated word:
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Naghintáy sila nang naghintáy.—They kept on waiting" (a closer calque: "They were waiting and waiting.")
po/ho and opo/oho
The words po/ho and opo/oho are traditionally used as polite iterations of the affirmative "oo" ("yes"). It is generally used when addressing elders or superiors such as bosses or teachers.
"Po" and "opo" are specifically used to denote a high level of respect when addressing older persons of close affinity like parents, relatives, teachers and family friends. "Ho" and "oho" are generally used to politely address older neighbours, strangers, public officials, bosses and nannies, and may suggest a distance in societal relationship and respect determined by the addressee's social rank and not their age. However, "po" and "opo" can be used in any case in order to express an elevation of respect.
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Example: "Pakitapon naman po/ho yung basura". ("Please throw away the trash.")
Used in the affirmative:
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Ex: "Gutóm ka na ba?" "Opo/Oho". ("Are you hungry yet?" "Yes").
Po/Ho may also be used in negation.
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Ex: "Hindi ko po/ho alam 'yan."("I don't know that.")
Vocabulary and borrowed words
Tagalog vocabulary is composed mostly of words of native Austronesian origin (most of the words that end with the diphthongs -iw, (e.g. saliw) and those words that exhibits reduplication (e.g. halo-halo, patpat, etc.). However it has a significant number Spanish loanwords. Spanish is the language that has bequeathed the most loanwords to Tagalog. According to linguists, Spanish has even surpassed Malay in terms of loanwords borrowed. About 40% of everyday (informal) Tagalog conversation is practically made up of Spanish loanwords.
Tagalog also includes loanwords from English, Indian (Vedic Sanskrit, Sanskrit and Tamil), Chinese (Hokkien, Yue Chinese (Cantonese), Mandarin), Japanese and other Japonic languages,[29] Arabic, Persian, Armenian, Nahuatl (Aztec), various Altaic languages, (which probably came from various Chinese[30][31][32] and Central Asian merchants settled in the Philippines probably through the time of the Silk Road trade, Turkish missionaries and traders from the time of the Ottoman Empire during the Islamic trade in Southern Mindanao and Southeast Asia[33][34] (in addition to the mixture of Arabic and Persian words in the language as reference [35]), through Language contact with other languages (i.e. Ural-Altaic in origin) through early trades, probably around 18th century). Examples of Tagalog words that are Altaic in origin (mostly Turkic, but no "ch" and "sh" elements) are the words pera, sarap, ulan, bayan, tabi, aral, dilim, tanim, dahil, bakal, sinop, etc. and derivatives (such as nanay/inay - word for mother and tatay/itay - word for father, from the Turkic word "ana" - which means mother and "ata" - for father). Little is known about the complete lexicon of various Philippine ethno-linguistic groups, especially those came from Central Asia since prehistoric and ancient times [36][37] and its interaction (through migration) among the various linguistic groups is not yet fully understood (i.e. Altaic-Austronesian hybrid hypothesis, like the case of Japanese [38] and Dravidian [39][40][41] in relationship with Tagalog), we are able to conduct hypothesis (possible historical events happened after the period Laguna Copperplate Inscription-the oldest known surviving document in the Tagalog region (900 A.D.), the early arrival of the Spanish in Manila (1565) and the period before the creation of Ibong Adarna (18th century by unknown) and Florante at Laura (1838)), in addition to the early known studies of the language [42] after the arrival of the Spanish. However, some linguists don't consider them as a direct loanword from various Altaic languages (like those from Malay and Chamorro as cognates [43]) since some of their early ancestors (ethnic groups of Luzon and Mindanao) were also came from Central Asia.
The development of Modern Tagalog (especially between 17th-19th century) are still remain obscure.
In pre-Hispanic times, Trade Malay was widely known and spoken throughout Southeast Asia.
Due to trade with Mexico via the Manila galleons from the 16th to the 19th centuries, many words from Nahuatl were introduced to Tagalog, but some of them were replaced by Spanish loanwords in the latter part of the Spanish colonization in the islands.
English has borrowed some words from Tagalog, such as abaca, barong, balisong, boondocks, jeepney, Manila hemp, pancit, ylang-ylang, and yaya, although the vast majority of these borrowed words are only used in the Philippines as part of the vocabularies of Philippine English.
Other examples of Tagalog words used in English
Example
|
Definition
|
boondocks
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meaning "rural" or "back country," was imported by American soldiers stationed in the Philippines following the Spanish–American War as a mispronounced version of the Tagalog bundok, which means "mountain."
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cogon
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a type of grass, used for thatching. This word came from the Tagalog word kugon (a species of tall grass).
|
ylang-ylang
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a tree whose fragrant flowers are used in perfumes.
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Abaca
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a type of hemp fiber made from a plant in the banana family, from abaká.
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Manila hemp
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a light brown cardboard material used for folders and paper usually made from abaca hemp.
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Capiz
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also known as window oyster, is used to make windows.
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Tagalog has contributed several words to Philippine Spanish, like barangay (from balan͠gay, meaning barrio), the abacá, cogon, palay, dalaga etc.
Tagalog words of foreign origin
Cognates with other Philippine languages
Tagalog word
|
meaning
|
language of origin
|
original spelling
|
bakit
|
why
|
Kapampangan
|
obakit
|
akyat
|
climb/step up
|
Kapampangan
|
ukyát/mukyat
|
at
|
and
|
Kapampangan
|
at
|
bundok
|
mountain
|
Kapampangan
|
bunduk
|
huwag
|
don't
|
Pangasinan
|
ag
|
aso
|
dog
|
South Cordilleran or Ilocano (also Ilokano)
|
aso
|
tayo
|
we (inc.)
|
South Cordilleran or Ilocano
|
tayo
|
ito, nito
|
this, its
|
South Cordilleran or Ilocano
|
to
|
ng
|
of
|
Cebuano
Hiligaynon
Waray
Kapampangan
Pangasinan
Ilocano
|
sa
sg (pronounced as /sang/)
han
ning
na
nga
|
araw
|
sun; day
|
Visayan languages
|
adlaw
|
ang
|
definite article
|
Visayan languages
Central Bikol
|
ang
an
|
Austronesian comparison chart
Below is a chart of Tagalog and twenty other Austronesian languages comparing thirteen words.
English
|
one
|
two
|
three
|
four
|
person
|
house
|
dog
|
coconut
|
day
|
new
|
we
|
what
|
fire
|
Tagalog
|
isa
|
dalawa
|
tatlo
|
apat
|
tao
|
bahay
|
aso
|
niyog
|
araw
|
bago
|
tayo
|
ano
|
apoy
|
Tombulu (Minahasa)
|
esa
|
zua (rua)
|
telu
|
epat
|
tou
|
walé
|
asu
|
po'po'
|
endo
|
weru
|
kai, kita
|
apa
|
api
|
Bikol
|
saro
|
duwa
|
tulo
|
apat
|
tawo
|
harong
|
ayam
|
niyog
|
aldaw
|
ba-go
|
kita
|
ano
|
kalayo
|
Cebuano
|
usa/isa
|
duha
|
tulo
|
upat
|
tawo
|
balay
|
iro
|
lubi
|
adlaw
|
bag-o
|
kita
|
unsa
|
kalayo
|
Waray
|
usa
|
duha
|
tulo
|
upat
|
tawo
|
balay
|
ayam/ido
|
lubi
|
adlaw
|
bag-o
|
kita
|
anu
|
kalayo
|
Hiligaynon
|
isa
|
duha
|
tatlo
|
apat
|
tawo
|
balay
|
ido
|
lubi
|
adlaw
|
bag-o
|
kita
|
ano
|
kalayo
|
Aklanon
|
isaea, sambilog, uno
|
daywa, dos
|
tatlo, tres
|
ap-at, kwatro
|
tawo
|
baeay
|
ayam
|
niyog
|
adlaw
|
bag-o
|
kita
|
ano
|
kaeayo
|
Kinaray-a
|
sara
|
darwa
|
tatlo
|
apat
|
tawo
|
balay
|
ayam
|
niyog
|
adlaw
|
bag-o
|
kita
|
ano
|
kalayo
|
Tausug
|
hambuuk
|
duwa
|
tu
|
upat
|
tau
|
bay
|
iru'
|
niyug
|
adlaw
|
ba-gu
|
kitaniyu
|
unu
|
kayu
|
Maranao
|
isa
|
dowa
|
t'lo
|
phat
|
taw
|
walay
|
aso
|
neyog
|
gawi'e
|
bago
|
tano
|
tonaa
|
apoy
|
Kapampangan
|
metung
|
adwa
|
atlu
|
apat
|
tau
|
bale
|
asu
|
ngungut
|
aldo
|
bayu
|
ikatamu
|
nanu
|
api
|
Pangasinan
|
sakey
|
dua, duara
|
talo, talora
|
apat, apatira
|
too
|
abong
|
aso
|
niyog
|
ageo
|
balo
|
sikatayo
|
anto
|
pool
|
Ilokano
|
maysa
|
dua
|
tallo
|
uppat
|
tao
|
balay
|
aso
|
niog
|
aldaw
|
baro
|
datayo
|
ania
|
apoy
|
Ivatan
|
asa
|
dadowa
|
tatdo
|
apat
|
tao
|
vahay
|
chito
|
niyoy
|
araw
|
va-yo
|
yaten
|
ango
|
apoy
|
Ibanag
|
tadday
|
dua
|
tallu
|
appa'
|
tolay
|
balay
|
kitu
|
niuk
|
aggaw
|
bagu
|
sittam
|
anni
|
afi
|
Yogad
|
tata
|
addu
|
tallu
|
appat
|
tolay
|
binalay
|
atu
|
iyyog
|
agaw
|
bagu
|
sikitam
|
gani
|
afuy
|
Gaddang
|
antet
|
addwa
|
tallo
|
appat
|
tolay
|
balay
|
atu
|
ayog
|
aw
|
bawu
|
ikkanetam
|
sanenay
|
afuy
|
Tboli
|
sotu
|
lewu
|
tlu
|
fat
|
tau
|
gunu
|
ohu
|
lefo
|
kdaw
|
lomi
|
tekuy
|
tedu
|
ofih
|
Indonesian
|
satu
|
dua
|
tiga
|
empat
|
orang
|
rumah/balai
|
anjing
|
kelapa/nyiur
|
hari
|
baru
|
kita
|
apa/anu
|
api
|
Javanese
|
siji
|
loro
|
telu
|
papat
|
uwong
|
omah
|
asu
|
klapa/kambil
|
hari
|
anyar/enggal
|
kita
|
apa/anu
|
geni
|
Acehnese
|
sa
|
duwa
|
lhèë
|
peuët
|
ureuëng
|
rumoh/balèë
|
asèë
|
u
|
uroë
|
barô
|
(geu)tanyoë
|
peuë
|
apuy
|
Lampungese
|
sai
|
khua
|
telu
|
pak
|
jelema
|
lamban
|
asu
|
nyiwi
|
khani
|
baru
|
kham
|
api
|
apui
|
Buginese
|
sedi
|
dua
|
tellu
|
eppa
|
tau
|
bola
|
asu
|
kaluku
|
esso
|
baru
|
idi
|
aga
|
api
|
Bataknese
|
sada
|
dua
|
tolu
|
opat
|
halak
|
jabu
|
biang
|
harambiri
|
ari
|
baru
|
hita
|
aha
|
api
|
Tetum
|
ida
|
rua
|
tolu
|
haat
|
ema
|
uma
|
asu
|
nuu
|
loron
|
foun
|
ita
|
saida
|
ahi
|
Maori
|
tahi
|
rua
|
toru
|
wha
|
tangata
|
whare
|
kuri
|
kokonati
|
ra
|
hou
|
taua
|
aha
|
ahi
|
Tuvaluan
|
tasi
|
lua
|
tolu
|
fá
|
toko
|
fale
|
kuri
|
moku
|
aso
|
fou
|
tāua
|
ā
|
afi
|
Hawaiian
|
kahi
|
lua
|
kolu
|
hā
|
kanaka
|
hale
|
'īlio
|
niu
|
ao
|
hou
|
kākou
|
aha
|
ahi
|
Banjarese
|
asa
|
duwa
|
talu
|
ampat
|
urang
|
rūmah
|
hadupan
|
kǎlapa
|
hǎri
|
hanyar
|
kami
|
apa
|
api
|
Malagasy
|
isa
|
roa
|
telo
|
efatra
|
olona
|
trano
|
alika
|
voanio
|
andro
|
vaovao
|
isika
|
inona
|
afo
|
Dusun
|
iso
|
duo
|
tolu
|
apat
|
tulun
|
walai
|
tasu
|
piasau
|
tadau
|
wagu
|
tokou
|
onu/nu
|
tapui
|
Iban
|
satu
|
dua
|
tiga
|
empat
|
orang
|
rumah
|
asu
|
nyur
|
ari
|
baru
|
kitai
|
nama
|
api
|
Religious literature
Religious literature remains one of the most dynamic contributors to Tagalog literature. The first Bible in Tagalog, then called Ang Biblia[44] ("the Bible") and now called Ang Dating Biblia[45] ("the Old Bible"), was published in 1905. In 1970, the Philippine Bible Society translated the Bible into modern Tagalog. Even before the Second Vatican Council, devotional materials in Tagalog had been circulating. At present, there are four circulating Tagalog translations of the Bible—the Magandang Balita Biblia (a parallel translation of the Good News Bible), which is the ecumenical version; the Bibliya ng Sambayanang Pilipino; the 1905 Ang Biblia is a more Protestant version; and the Bagong Sanlibutang Salin ng Banal na Kasulatan, one of about ninety parallel translations of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures published by Jehovah's Witnesses. The latter was released in 2000. Jehovah's Witnesses previously published a hybrid translation: Ang Biblia was used for the Old Testament, while the Bagong Sanlibutang Salin ng Griegong Kasulatan was used for the New Testament.
When the Second Vatican Council, (specifically the Sacrosanctum Concilium) permitted the universal prayers to be translated into vernacular languages, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines was one of the first to translate the Roman Missal into Tagalog. In fact, the Roman Missal in Tagalog was published as early as 1982, while not published in English until 1985.
Jehovah's Witnesses were printing Tagalog literature at least as early as 1941[46] and The Watchtower (the primary magazine of Jehovah's Witnesses) has been published in Tagalog since at least the 1950s. New releases are now regularly released simultaneously in a number of languages, including Tagalog. The official website of Jehovah's Witnesses also has some publications available online in Tagalog.[47][48]
Tagalog is quite a stable language, and very few revisions have been made to Catholic Bible translations. Also, as Protestantism in the Philippines is relatively young, liturgical prayers tend to be more ecumenical.
Examples
Lord's Prayer
In Tagalog, the Lord's Prayer is exclusively known by its incipit, Amâ Namin (literally, "Our Father").
Amâ namin, sumasalangit Ka Sambahín ang ngalan Mo. Mapasaamin ang kaharián Mo. Sundín ang loób Mo, Dito sa lupà, gayâ nang sa langit. Bigyán Mo kamí ngayón ng aming kakanin sa araw-araw, At patawarin Mo kamí sa aming mga salâ, Para nang pagpápatawad namin, Sa nagkakasalà sa amin; At huwág Mo kamíng ipahintulot sa tuksó, At iadyâ Mo kamí sa lahát ng masamâ. [Sapagkát sa Inyó ang kaharián, at ang kapangyarihan, At ang kaluwálhatian, ngayón, at magpakailanman.] Amen
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Pángkalahatáng Pagpapahayag ng Karapatáng Pantao)
“
|
Bawat tao'y isinilang na may layà at magkakapantáy ang tagláy na dangál at karapatán. Silá'y pinagkalooban ng pangangatwiran at budhî na kailangang gamitin nilá sa pagtuturingan nilá sa diwà ng pagkakapatiran.
|
”
|
“
|
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[49]
|
”
|
Numbers
The numbers (mga bilang) in Tagalog language are of two sets. The first set consists of native Tagalog words and the other set are Spanish loanwords. For example, when a person refers to the number "seven", it can be translated into Tagalog as "pito" or "syete" (Spanish: siete).
Number
|
Cardinal
|
Spanish loanword
(Original Spanish)
|
Ordinal
|
0
|
sero / walâ (lit. "null") / bokyà
|
sero (cero)
|
-
|
1
|
isá
|
uno (uno)
|
una
|
2
|
dalawá [dalaua]
|
dos (dos)
|
pangalawá / ikalawá (informally, ikadalawá)
|
3
|
tatló
|
tres (tres)
|
pangatló / ikatló
|
4
|
apat
|
kuwatro (cuatro)
|
pang-apat / ikaapat ("ika" and the number-word are never hyphenated. For numbers, however, they always are.)
|
5
|
limá
|
singko (cinco)
|
panlimá / ikalimá
|
6
|
anim
|
sais (seis)
|
pang-anim / ikaanim
|
7
|
pitó
|
siyete (siete)
|
pampitó / ikapitó
|
8
|
waló
|
otso (ocho)
|
pangwaló / ikawaló
|
9
|
siyám
|
nuwebe (nueve)
|
pansiyám / ikasiyám
|
10
|
sampû [sang puo]
|
diyés (diez)
|
pansampû / ikasampû (or ikapû in some literary compositions)
|
11
|
labíng-isá
|
onse (once)
|
panlabíng-isá / pang-onse / ikalabíng-isá
|
12
|
labíndalawá
|
dose (doce)
|
panlabíndalawá / pandose / ikalabíndalawá
|
13
|
labíntatló
|
trese (trece)
|
panlabíntatló / pantrese / ikalabíntatló
|
14
|
labíng-apat
|
katorse (catorce)
|
panlabíng-apat / pangkatorse / ikalabíng-apat
|
15
|
labínlimá
|
kinse (quince)
|
panlabínlimá / pangkinse / ikalabínlimá
|
16
|
labíng-anim
|
disisaís (dieciséis)
|
panlabíng-anim / pandyes-sais / ikalabíng-anim
|
17
|
labímpitó
|
disisyete (diecisiete)
|
panlabímpitó / pandyes-syete / ikalabímpitó
|
18
|
labíngwaló
|
disiotso (dieciocho)
|
panlabíngwaló / pandyes-otso / ikalabíngwaló
|
19
|
labinsiyám
|
disinuwebe (diecinueve)
|
panlabinsiyám / pandyes-nwebe / ikalabinsiyám
|
20
|
dalawampû
|
bente / beinte (veinte)
|
pandalawampû / ikadalawampû (rare literary variant: ikalawampû)
|
21
|
dalawampú't isá
|
kuwarenta'y uno (cuarenta y uno)
|
pang-dalawampú't isá / ikalawamapú't isá
|
30
|
tatlumpû
|
trenta / treinta (treinta)
|
pantatlumpû / ikatatlumpû (rare literary variant: ikatlumpû)
|
40
|
apatnapû
|
kuwarenta (cuarenta)
|
pang-apatnapû / ikaapatnapû
|
50
|
limampû
|
singkuwenta (cincuenta)
|
panlimampû / ikalimampû
|
60
|
animnapû
|
sesenta (sesenta)
|
pang-animnapû / ikaanimnapû
|
70
|
pitumpû
|
setenta (setenta)
|
pampitumpû / ikapitumpû
|
80
|
walumpû
|
otsenta / utsenta (ochenta)
|
pangwalumpû / ikawalumpû
|
90
|
siyamnapû
|
nobenta (noventa)
|
pansiyamnapû / ikasiyamnapû
|
100
|
sándaán
|
siyento (cien)
|
pan(g)-(i)sándaán / ikasándaán (rare literary variant: ika-isándaan)
|
200
|
dalawandaan
|
dos siyentos (doscientos)
|
pandalawándaán / ikadalawandaan (rare literary variant: ikalawándaán)
|
300
|
tatlóndaán
|
tres siyentos (trescientos)
|
pantatlóndaán / ikatatlondaan (rare literary variant: ikatlóndaán)
|
400
|
apat na raán
|
kuwatro siyentos (cuatrocientos)
|
pang-apat na raán / ikaapat na raán
|
500
|
limándaán
|
kinyentos (quinientos)
|
panlimándaán / ikalimándaán
|
600
|
anim na raán
|
sais siyentos (seiscientos)
|
pang-anim na raán / ikaanim na raán
|
700
|
pitondaán
|
siyete siyentos (sietecientos)
|
pampitóndaán / ikapitóndaán (or ikapitóng raán)
|
800
|
walóndaán
|
otso siyentos (ochocientos)
|
pangwalóndaán / ikawalóndaán (or ikawalóng raán)
|
900
|
siyám na raán
|
nuwebe siyentos (novecientos)
|
pansiyám na raán / ikasiyám na raán
|
1,000
|
sánlibo
|
mil (mil)
|
pan(g)-(i)sánlibo / ikasánlibo
|
2,000
|
dalawánlibo
|
dos mil (dos mil)
|
pangalawáng libo / ikalawánlibo
|
10,000
|
sánlaksâ / sampúng libo
|
diyes mil (diez mil)
|
pansampúng libo / ikasampúng libo
|
20,000
|
dalawanlaksâ / dalawampúng libo
|
bente mil (veinte mil)
|
pangalawampúng libo / ikalawampúng libo
|
100,000
|
sangyutá / sandaáng libo
|
siyento mil (cien mil)
|
|
200,000
|
dalawangyutá / dalawandaáng libo
|
dos siyento mil (dos cientos mil)
|
|
1,000,000
|
sang-angaw / sangmilyón
|
milyón (un millón)
|
|
2,000,000
|
dalawang-angaw / dalawang milyón
|
dos milyón (dos millones)
|
|
10,000,000
|
sangkatì / sampung milyón
|
dyes milyón (diez millones)
|
|
100,000,000
|
sampúngkatì / sandaáng milyón
|
syento milyón (cien millones)
|
|
1,000,000,000
|
sang-atos / sambilyón
|
bilyón (un billón)
|
|
1,000,000,000,000
|
sang-ipaw / santrilyón
|
trilyón (un trillón)
|
|
Number
|
English
|
Ordinal Spanish
|
Cardinal
|
1st
|
first
|
primero/a
|
una / ika-isá
|
2nd
|
second
|
segundo/a
|
ikalawá
|
3rd
|
third
|
tercero/a
|
ikatló
|
4th
|
fourth
|
cuarto/a
|
ika-apat
|
5th
|
fifth
|
quinto/a
|
ikalimá
|
6th
|
sixth
|
sexto/a
|
ika-anim
|
7th
|
seventh
|
séptimo/a
|
ikapitó
|
8th
|
eighth
|
octavo/a
|
ikawaló
|
9th
|
ninth
|
noveno/a
|
ikasiyám
|
10th
|
tenth
|
décimo/a
|
ikasampû
|
1/2
|
half
|
media
|
kalahatì
|
1/4
|
quarter
|
cuarta
|
kapat
|
3/5
|
three-fifths
|
tres quintas partes
|
tatlóng-kalimá
|
2/3
|
two-thirds
|
dos tercios
|
dalawáng-katló
|
1 1/2
|
one half
|
un medio
|
isá't kalahatì
|
2 2/3
|
two two-thirds
|
dos de dos tercios
|
dalawá't dalawáng-katló
|
0.5
|
|
|
salapî / limá hinatì sa sampû
|
0.005
|
|
|
bagól / limá hinatì sa sanlibo
|
1.25
|
|
|
isá't dalawampú't limá hinatì sa sampû
|
2.025
|
|
|
dalawá't dalawampú't limá hinatì sa sanlibo
|
25%
|
twenty-five percent
|
veinticinco por ciento
|
dalawampú't-limáng bahagdán
|
50%
|
fifty percent
|
cincuenta por ciento
|
limampúng bahagdán
|
75%
|
seventy-five percent
|
setenta y cinco por ciento
|
pitumpú't-limáng bahagdán
|
Months and days
Months and days in Tagalog are also localised forms of Spanish months and days. "Month" in Tagalog is
buwán (also the word for
moon) and "day" is
araw (the word also means
sun). Unlike Spanish, however, months and days in Tagalog are always capitalised.
Month
|
Original Spanish
|
Tagalog (abbreviation)
|
January
|
Enero
|
Enero (Ene.)
|
February
|
Febrero
|
Pebrero (Peb.)
|
March
|
Marzo
|
Marso (Mar.)
|
April
|
Abril
|
Abríl (Abr.)
|
May
|
Mayo
|
Mayo (Mayo)
|
June
|
Junio
|
Hunyo (Hun.)
|
July
|
Julio
|
Hulyo (Hul.)
|
August
|
Agosto
|
Agosto (Ago.)
|
September
|
Septiembre
|
Setyembre (Set.)
|
October
|
Octubre
|
Oktubre (Okt.)
|
November
|
Noviembre
|
Nobyembre (Nob.)
|
December
|
Diciembre
|
Disyembre (Dis.)
|
Day
|
Original Spanish
|
Tagalog
|
Monday
|
Lunes
|
Lunes
|
Tuesday
|
Martes
|
Martes
|
Wednesday
|
Miércoles
|
Miyérkules / Myérkules
|
Thursday
|
Jueves
|
Huwebes / Hwebes
|
Friday
|
Viernes
|
Biyernes / Byernes
|
Saturday
|
Sábado
|
Sábado
|
Sunday
|
Domingo
|
Linggó
|
Time
Time in Tagalog language are also Tagalized form of Spanish time. "Time" in Tagalog is
panahon or more commonly,
oras. Unlike Spanish, time in Tagalog are capitalized whenever they appear in a sentence.
Time
|
English
|
Original Spanish
|
Tagalog
|
1 hour
|
One hour
|
Una hora
|
Isang oras
|
2 min
|
Two minutes
|
Dos minutos
|
Dalawang sandali/minuto
|
3 sec
|
Three seconds
|
Tres segundos
|
Tatlong saglit/segundo
|
|
Morning
|
Mañana
|
Umaga
|
|
Afternoon
|
Tarde
|
Hapon
|
|
Evening/Night
|
Noche
|
Gabi
|
|
Noon
|
Medio dia
|
Tanghali
|
|
Midnight
|
Media noche
|
Hatingabi
|
01.00 am
|
One o'clock morning
|
Una de la mañana
|
Ika-isa ng umaga
|
07.00 pm
|
Seven o'clock night
|
Siete de la noche
|
Ikapito ng gabi
|
01.15
|
Quarter past one
Fifteen past one
Forty-five to two
|
Una y cuarto
|
Kapat makalipas mag-ikaisa
Labinlima makalipas mag-ikaisa
Apatnapu't-lima bago mag-ikaisa
|
02.30
|
Half past two
Thirty past two
|
Dos y media
|
Kalahati makalipas mag-ikalawa
Tatlumpu makalipas mag-ikalawa
|
03.45
|
Three-quarter past three
Forty-five past three
Fifteen to four
|
Tres y cuarenta y cinco
|
Tatlong-kapat makalipas mag-ikatlo
Apatnapu't-lima makalipas mag-ikatlo
Labinlima bago mag-ikaapat
|
04.25
|
Twenty-five past four
Thirty-five to four
|
Cuatro y veinticinco
|
Dalawampu't-lima makalipas mag-ikaapat
Tatlumpu't-lima bago mag-ikaapat
|
05.35
|
Thirty-five past five
Twenty-five to six
|
Cinco y treinta y cinco
|
Tatlumpu't-lima makalipas mag-ikalima
Dalawampu't-lima bago mag-ikaanim
|
Common phrases
English
|
Tagalog (with Pronunciation)
|
Filipino
|
Pilipino [ˌpiːliˈpiːno]
|
English
|
Inglés [ʔɪŋˈɡlɛs]
|
Tagalog
|
Tagalog [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
|
What is your name?
|
Anó ang pangalan ninyo/nila*? (plural or polite) [ɐˈno aŋ pɐˈŋaːlan nɪnˈjo], Anó ang pangalan mo? (singular) [ɐˈno aŋ pɐˈŋaːlan mo]
|
How are you?
|
kumustá [kʊmʊsˈta] (modern), Anó po áng lagáy ninyo/nila?(old use)
|
Good morning!
|
Magandáng umaga! [mɐɡɐnˈdaŋ uˈmaːɡa]
|
Good noontime! (from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
|
Magandáng tanghali! [mɐɡɐnˈdaŋ taŋˈhaːlɛ]
|
Good afternoon! (from 1 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
|
Magandáng hapon! [mɐɡɐnˈdaŋ ˈhaːpon]
|
Good evening!
|
Magandáng gabí! [mɐɡɐnˈdaŋ ɡɐˈbɛ]
|
Good-bye
|
paálam [pɐˈʔaːlam]
|
Please
|
Depending on the nature of the verb, either pakí- [pɐˈki] or makí- [mɐˈki] is attached as a prefix to a verb. ngâ [ŋaʔ] is optionally added after the verb to increase politeness. (e.g. Pakipasa ngâ ang tinapay. ("Can you pass the bread, please?"))
|
Thank you
|
salamat [sɐˈlaːmat]
|
This one
|
ito [ʔiˈtoh], sometimes pronounced [ʔɛˈtoh] (literally—"it", "this")
|
That one
|
iyan [ʔiˈjan], When pointing to something at greater distances: iyun [ʔiˈjʊn] or iyon [ʔiˈjon]
|
Here
|
dito [dɪˈtoh], heto [hɛˈtoh] ("Here it is")
|
There
|
doon [dʒan], hayan [hɑˈjan] ("There it is")
|
How much?
|
Magkano? [mɐɡˈkaːno]
|
Yes
|
oo [ˈoːʔo] opô [ˈʔopoʔ] or ohô [ˈʔohoʔ] (formal/polite form)
|
No
|
hindî [hɪnˈdɛʔ], often shortened to dî [dɛʔ] hindî pô (formal/polite form)
|
I don't know
|
hindî ko álam [hɪnˈdɛʔ ko aːlam] Very informal: ewan [ʔɛˈʊɑn], archaic aywan [ɑjˈʊɑn] (closest English equivalent: colloquial dismissive 'Whatever')
|
Sorry
|
pasensya pô (literally from the word "patience") or paumanhin po [pɐˈsɛːnʃa poʔ] patawad po [pɐtaːwad poʔ] (literally—"asking your forgiveness")
|
Because
|
kasí [kɐˈsɛ] or dahil [dɑˈhɪl]
|
Hurry!
|
dalí! [dɐˈli], bilís! [bɪˈlis]
|
Again
|
mulí [muˈli], ulít [ʊˈlɛt]
|
I don't understand
|
Hindî ko naiintindihan [hɪnˈdiː ko nɐʔɪɪnˌtɪndiˈhan] or Hindi ko nauunawaan [hɪnˈdiː ko nɐʔʊʊnawaʔˌʔan]
|
What?
|
Anó? [ɐˈno]
|
Where?
|
Saán? [sɐˈʔan], Nasaán? [ˌnaːsɐˈʔan] (literally - "Where at?")
|
Why?
|
Bakít? [bɑˈkɛt]
|
When?
|
Kailan? [kɑjˈlɑn], [kɑˈɪˈlɑn], or [kɛˈlɑn] (literally—"In what order?/"At what count?"")
|
How?
|
Paánó? [pɑˌɐˈno] (literally—"By what?")
|
Where's the bathroom?
|
Nasaán ang banyo? [ˌnaːsɐˈʔan ʔaŋ ˈbaːnjo]
|
Generic toast
|
Mabuhay! [mɐˈbuːhaɪ] [literally—"long live"]
|
Do you speak English?
|
Marunong ka bang magsalitâ ng Ingglés? [mɐˈɾuːnoŋ ka baŋ mɐɡsaliˈtaː naŋ ʔɪŋˈɡlɛs], "Marunong po ba kayong magsailitâ ng Ingglés?" (polite version for elders and strangers) Marunong ka bang mag-Ingglés? (short form), "Marunong po ba kayong mag-Ingglés? (short form, polite version for elders and strangers)
|
It is fun to live.
|
Masaya ang mabuhay! [mɐˈsaˈja ʔaŋ mɐˈbuːhaɪ] or Masaya'ng mabuhay (contracted version)
|
*Pronouns such as niyo (2nd person plural) and nila (3rd person plural) are used on a single 2nd person in polite or formal language. See Tagalog grammar.
Proverbs
Ang hindî marunong lumingón sa pinánggalingan ay hindî makaráratíng sa paroroonan. (José Rizal)
One who knows not how to look back from whence he came, will never get to where he is going.
Hulí man daw at magalíng, nakákahábol pa rin. (Hulí man raw at magalíng, nakákahabol pa rin.)
If one is behind but capable, one will still be able to catch up.
Magbirô ka na sa lasíng, huwág lang sa bagong gising.
Make fun of someone drunk, if you must, but never one who has just awakened.
Aanhín pa ang damó kung patáy na ang kabayo?
What use is the grass if the horse is already dead?
Ang sakít ng kalingkingan, ramdám ng buóng katawán.
The pain in the pinkie is felt by the whole body.
(In a group, if one goes down, the rest follow.)
Nasa hulí ang pagsisisi.
Regret is always in the end.
Pagkáhabà-habà man ng prusisyón, sa simbahan pa rin ang tulóy.
The procession may stretch on and on, but it still ends up at the church.
(In romance: refers to how certain people are destined to be married. In general: refers to how some things are inevitable, no matter how long you try and postpone it.)
Kung 'dî mádaán sa santóng dasalan, daanin sa santóng paspasan.
If it cannot be got through holy prayer, get it through blessed force.
(In romance and courting: santóng paspasan literally means 'holy speeding' and is a euphemism for sexual intercourse. It refers to the two styles of courting by Filipino boys: one is the traditional, protracted, restrained manner favoured by older generations, which often featured serenades and manual labour for the girl's parents; the other is upfront seduction, which may lead to a slap on the face or a pregnancy out of wedlock. The second conclusion is known as pikot or what Western cultures would call a 'shotgun marriage'. This proverb is also applied in terms of diplomacy and negotiation.)
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