Old Tagalog

English Proper noun Old Tagalog The unattested early stage of the Tagalog language, spoken and sparsely written in the Baybayin Baybayin script before Spanish contact, that derived from Central Philippine languages and already containing loanwords from Old Malay, Sanskrit Classical Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Middle Tamil, Classical Persian, Old Javanese, and possibly Min Chinese Medieval Southern Min Chinese and/or Middle Chinese Late Middle Chinese, later evolving into Classical Tagalog. Coordinate terms Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Philippine Classical Tagalog Modern Tagalog (Filipino) See also Laguna Copperplate Inscription Baybayin Doctrina Christiana en Languages