Tagalog language
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Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its s
The base consonants and vowels of the Baybayin script, the original writing system of Tagalog
Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, 1794.
Diariong Tagalog (Tagalog Newspaper), the first bilingual newspaper in the Philippines founded in 1882 written in both Tagalog and Spanish.
No dumping sign along the highway in the Laguna province, Philippines.
Austronesian languages
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The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan. They are s
Tagalog language
…Tagalog ( tə-GAH-log; native pronunciation: ; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the…
Historical distribution of Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian branch included islands and archipelagos Formosan languages included region
A 5 dollar banknote, Hawaii, c. 1839, using the Hawaiian language
A sign in Balinese and Latin script at a Hindu temple in Bali
A manuscript from the early 1800s using the Batak script