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Tagalog language
| Tagalog | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Tagalog |
| Early forms | Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Philippine Old Tagalog Classical Tagalog |
| Standard forms | Filipino |
What language family is Tagalog?
Malayo-Polynesian
Tagalog language, member of the Central Philippine branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family and the base for Pilipino, an official language of the Philippines, together with English. It is most closely related to Bicol and the Bisayan (Visayan) languages—Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilongo), and Samar.
How are Spanish and Filipino related to each other?
First of all, both languages are not related at all: Spanish is an Indo-European language while Filipino (Tagalog) is an Austronesian language. However Tagalog and several other Philippines languages have a large amount of Spanish loanword due to Spanish rule over the islands.
What is the difference between Filipino and Tagalog?
Filipino is simply another name to refer to Tagalog or Pilipino. Filipino is a combination of all the languages spoken in the Philippines, with influences from Tagalog and English. The third and the most common one would be that Filipino is Tagalog with an influence from English, Spanish and other languages.
What is the most common language in the Philippines?
Filipino is a combination of all the languages spoken in the Philippines, with influences from Tagalog and English. The third and the most common one would be that Filipino is Tagalog with an influence from English, Spanish and other languages. It would be the Tagalo right as how it’s spoken in Gran Manila.
How many Spanish words are there in the Philippines?
Influence on the languages of the Philippines. There are approximately 4,000 Spanish words in Tagalog (between 20\% and 33\% of Tagalog words), and around 6,000 Spanish words in Visayan and other Philippine languages. The Spanish counting system, calendar, time, etc. are still in use with slight modifications.