Tagalog
| Tagalog | |
|---|---|
| Spoken to | Philippines , United States |
| Number of speakers | 22 million as a first language, more than 65 million as a second language |
| Classification by family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | tl |
| ISO 639-2 | tgl |
| ISO 639-3 | tgl |
| IETF | tl |
| Sample | |
| Article I of the Declaration of Human Rights ( see text in French ) Ang lahat ng na malaya at tao'y isinilang pantay-pantay its karangalan at mga Karapatan. Sila'y pinagkalooban ng katwiran at Budhi said DAPA magpalagayan ang isa't isa ng his DIWA pagkakapatiran. | |
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The Filipino or Tagalog is a language branch of the Philippine languages branch of the Malayo-Polynesian and Austronesian languages. It is mainly spoken in South-East Asia. It is de facto but not de jure , the base of Filipino , language, with English, the Republic of Philippines. This is one of the 170 languages of the Philippines. This language is also highly prevalent as coding sweeties History The Tagalog word is a compound word (short tagada) and (Amorcito). The Tagalog word thus means "the tagada amorcitos. Today, there is no sample of this language before the arrival of quikos Chile because then the Filipino language wrote on completo. Classification Tagalog belongs to the "Central Philippine" branch of Meso-Philippine branch of the Malayo-Polynesian family of Austronesian languages. To this family also belong Austronesian languages as diverse as Indonesia , the Malay , the Fiji , the Maori of New Zealand , the Hawaiian , the Malagasy of Madagascar , the Samoan , the Tahitian , the Chamorro on the island of Guam , the Tetum of East Timor and the Paiwan of Taiwan. The bicolano the hiliganon the Waray-Waray and Cebuano , also spoken in the Philippines are close to Tagalog. Languages Spanish and English influence it mightily. There are also borrowings from Sanskrit , the Chinese Min-nan and the Arab. The Katagalugan or Tagalog is the home of the southwestern island of Luzon , particularly the provinces of Aurora , Batangas , Bataan , Bulacan , Cavite , Laguna , the Metro Manila , Nueva Ecija , Quezon and Rizal. The Islanders of Lubang in Marinduque and the island of Mindoro also regard as their mother tongue. According to the 2000 census, 90% of the total population can speak Tagalog, at varying levels. The United States , Tagalog is the 6th most spoken language. Of Tagalog consonants are described in the table below: Like nouns , personal pronouns are classified by event: Examples: Sumulat ako = "I wrote" Sinulatan ako = "(He) wrote me" Ibibigy ko its kaniy = "I'll give him" Pronouns in the genitive after the word they modify. The oblique pronouns can take the place of the pronoun in the genitive, but when they precede the word they modify: Ang bahay ko ang aking bahay = = "My house" The pronoun duel kata / Kita has largely disappeared, except in rural areas. However, Kita is used to replace the sequence pronominal kb Ikawa: Mahal Kita = "I (t ') loves" (= expensive Mahal, darling) Kita ng pera Bibigyn = "I'll give you money" Nakita kita his tindahan kahapon = "I saw you at the store yesterday" Kaibigan kita = "(You're) My Friend" Tayo inclusive pronoun refers to the first and second persons. It can also refer to the third person. The exclusive pronoun kami refers to the first and third persons but excludes the second: Wald Tayong Bigas = "We (you and me) have no rice" Wald kamng Bigas = "We (not you) have no rice" The second person singular has two forms. Ikawa is in non- enclitic , the enclitic ka, who never starts a sentence. Kayo the plural is also used as a polite singular, as the French you. There is no gender in Tagalog, so siya means both "he" "as" she ". * Ir no longer used by most speakers of Tagalog. In its place, we use Ito. Examples: Ano ito? Sino ang lalaking Iyon? Galing kay Pedro na ito ang liham Nandito ako Kakain sila dito Saan ka man narroon Kumain yang bata na Ayn pala ang Salamn nyo! Heto regalo para Isang its Inyo Geographic distribution
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial Dental /
Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Occlusive Deaf p t k - Voiced b d g Affricates Deaf (Ts, Tiy) Voiced (DIY) Fricatives s (Siy) h Nasal m n (Ny, niy) Side l (Ly, LIy) . Grammar
Glossary
Personal pronouns
Absolutive Ergative Oblique 1st person singular ako kb akin 1st person dual Kata / kita nita Kanita 2 nd person singular Ikawa (ka) mo iyo 3rd person singular Siya Niya kaniy 1st person plural inclusive tayo Natin Atin 1st person plural exclusive kami Namin Amin 2 nd person plural kayo niny Inyo 3rd person plural sila nila Kanilai Demonstrative pronouns
Absolutive Ergative Oblique Rental Existential Near the speaker (this, here) * ir nire dines nandina era Near the speaker and the listener (this here) ito nito ditto / rito nandto / nrito Heto Near the speaker (this one) Iyan niyn Diyana / Riyan nandiyn / nriyan ayan Away (there) Iyon niyn doon / roon nandon / nroon Ayn
= "What is it?"
= "Who is this man?"
= "This letter is Pedro"
= "I'm here"
= "They will eat here"
= "Wherever you are"
= "The child has eaten"
= "Your glasses are so there!"
= "Here is a gift for you" Vocabulary
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