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🗺️ Tagalog

Overview

Language family: Austronesian
Region: Central and Southern Luzon (e.g., Manila, Batangas, Laguna)
Number of speakers: 95% (it is the national language of the Philippines
Status: widely spoken
Alternate names/spellings: Pilipino, Filipino

Phonology

Consonants

b k d g h l m n ng p r s t w y

Vowels

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a e i o u

Notable Features

(Unique sounds, tone, stress, vowel harmony, etc.)

Grammar

Default word order: Verb–Subject–Object (VSO)

Example: Kumain ang bata ng mangga. → "The child ate a mango." (lit. Ate the child mango)

But Tagalog is flexible; it can also be SVO or VOS depending on focus/marker usage.

Word order is determined more by focus markers (ang, ng, sa) than by position.

Tagalog pronouns mark case (nominative, genitive, oblique) and number (singular/plural), sometimes inclusivity.

Person Nominative (subject) Genitive (possessor) Oblique (object, location) 1st sg ako (I) ko (my) sa akin (to me) 2nd sg ikaw/ka (you) mo (your) sa iyo (to you) 3rd sg siya (he/she) niya (his/her) sa kanya (to him/her) 1st pl excl. kami (we excl.) namin sa amin 1st pl incl. tayo (we incl.) natin sa atin 2nd pl kayo (you all) ninyo sa inyo 3rd pl sila (they) nila sa kanila

Template

Word order: (e.g., Subject–Verb–Object, Verb–Subject–Object)
Pronouns: (list with examples)
Verb system: (tense, aspect, mood, affixes)
Noun structure: (plurals, possessives, cases)
Other features: (e.g., reduplication, evidentials)

Vocabulary

Core Words

English	Tagalog
Water	Tubig
Sun	Araw
Mother	Ina
House	Bahay

Numbers

1 = Isa 2 = Dalawa 3 = Tatlo 4 = Apat 5 = Lima

Sample Text

Example Sentence

Tagalog: (Insert example sentence here)
Translation: (Provide English or national language translation)

Longer Text

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Related Dialects

References

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