Tagalog

left|80px|Early Filipinos Mabuhay! thumb|center|1000px|Metro Manila - Ortigas 2 thumb|300px|Fort Santiago Tagalog is spoken in the Philippines by about 23.6 million people, it is the basis for Filipino which is the national language of the Philippines. Tagalog comes under Austronesian languages. Tagalog is derived from taga-ilog, taga usually means "native of" and ilog means "river" thus, taga-ilog means "river dweller". The language uses fragments from Sanskrit, Malay and Javanese. The early archaeological evidence of the use of Tagalog is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription. Tagalog is spoken by Filipinos in the Philippines, specifically in Metro Manila (as Filipino), parts of Central Luzon, most of Calabarzon, parts of Mimaropa, northwestern  Bicol Region, and Ilocos Region (southeast Pangasinan), Mindoro and Marinduque, and Filipinos abroad (either native speakers of Tagalog or non-native speakers who studied Tagalog in the Philippines or elsewhere). It contains loanwords from Malay, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, English, and other languages. Tagalog pronunciation can be difficult because of lexical stress and the presence of glottal stops which are normally not written in everyday writing. /Why study Tagalog/ /How to use this Tagalog Wikibook/ /About Tagalog/ Mga Aralín (Lessons) Saligang Tagalog (Basic Tagalog) Mga Alpabeto — The Alphabets Mga Pambati — Greetings such as Kumusta?, and Telling your name Itó, Iyán and Iyón — This, That, That (over there) Mga Bilang/Numero — Numbers Balarilà - Grammar 300px|right|thumb|Palawan w:Tagalog grammar Mga Pang-urì (Adjectives) Mga Pang-abay (Adverbs) Ang Panahunan (Conjugation) Mga Pangatníg (Conjunctions) Mga Pang-angkóp (Ligatures) Mga Pangngalan at Pangmarká (Nouns and Markers) Mga Panlapì: Mgá Unlapì, Gìtlapì, Hulapì, át Kabilàan (Affixes: Prefixes, Middle Affixes, Suffixes and Side-to-Side Affixes) Mga Pang-ukol (Prepositions) Mga Panghalíp (Pronouns) Mga Panakláw (Quantification Words) Mga Pananóng (Question Words) Mga Pandiwa (Verbs) Pánitikán - Literature 300px|right|thumb|Puerto Princesa Subterranean Park Major literary works Ibong Adarna Florante at Laura Works of José Rizal Noli Me Tangere El Filibusterismo Contemporary Literature Cultural works Mga Alamát (Legends) Mga Maiiklíng Kuwento (Short Stories) Ang Pinagmulán ng Lahì Karunungan: Tangláw ng Kalayaan Nagíng Sultán si Pilandók Mga Tugmâ (Rhymes) Bahay Kubò Lerón-Lerón Sintá Mga Tulâ (Poems) Mga Karagdagang Pahina (Appendices) Tagalog language Filipino phrasebook Silipin din (See also) oldwikisource:Category:Tagalog tl Tagalog Tagalog language Filipino language Tagalog Wikipedia Tell us about Tagalog Wikipedia Tagalog language External links Komisyón sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language) Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (Center for the Filipino Language) at UP Diliman Tungkól sa Aklát na Itó (About This Book) Mga May-akdâ ng Wikibook Tagalog (Authors of the Tagalog Wikibook) Kasaysayan ng Wikibook Tagalog (History of the Tagalog Wikibook) Mag-ambág! (Contribute!) Please remember that this is a wiki textbook. Feel free to edit it, update it, correct it, and do anything to boost its capabilities to teach those who read this textbook, and/or otherwise increase its teaching potential. For more information on what a wiki is, visit the Wikipedia page on the wiki. Languages of Asia Philippine languages T 25% tl:Tagalog