Tagalog?
or:Tagalog?or:There may be other meanings of Tagalog but I am explaining you about the Tagalog language.Tagalog (/t\u0259\u02c8\u0261\u0251\u02d0l\u0
or:Tagalog?
or:There may be other meanings of Tagalog but I am explaining you about the Tagalog language.Tagalog (/t\u0259\u02c8\u0261\u0251\u02d0l\u0252\u0261/; Tagalog pronunciation: [t\u0250\u02c8\u0261a\u02d0lo\u0261]) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV (CALABARZON and MIMAROPA), of Bulacan and of Metro Manila. Its standardized form, commonly called Filipino, is the national language and one of two official languages of the Philippines, the other being English. It is related to other Philippine languages such as Ilokano, Bisayan, KapampanganHistoryThe Tagalog Baybayin script.The word Tagalog derived from tagailog, from tag\u00e1- meaning \"native of\" and \u00edlog meaning \"river\". Thus, it means \"river dweller\". Very little is known about the history of the language. However, according to linguists such as Dr. David Zorc and Dr. Robert Blust, the Tagalogs originated, along with their Central Philippine cousins, from Northeastern Mindanao or Eastern Visayas.The first written record of Tagalog is in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, written in 900, using fragments of the language along with Sanskrit, Malay, and Javanese. Meanwhile, the first known book to be written in Tagalog is the Doctrina Cristiana (Christian Doctrine) of 1593. It was written in Spanish and two transcriptions of Tagalog; one in the Baybayin script and the other in Latin script. Throughout the 333 years of Spanish occupation, there were grammars and dictionaries written by Spanish clergymen such as Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala by Pedro de San Buenaventura (Pila, Laguna, 1613), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1835) and Arte de la lengua tagala y manual tagalog para la administraci\u00f3n de los Santos Sacramentos (1850). Poet Francisco Baltazar (1788\u20131862) is regarded as the foremost Tagalog writer. His most notable work is the early 19th-century Florante at Laura.Historical changesTagalog differs from its Central Philippine counterparts with its treatment of the Proto-Philippine schwa vowel *\u0259. In Bikol and Visayan, this sound merged with /u/ and [o]. In Tagalog, it has merged with /i/. Official statusMain article: Filipino languageTagalog was declared the official language by the first constitution in the Philippines, the Constitution of Biak-na-Bato in 1897.In 1935, the Philippine constitution designated English and Spanish as official languages, but mandated the development and adoption of a common national language based on one of the existing native languages.After study and deliberation, the National Language Institute, a committee composed of seven members who represented various regions in the Philippines, chose Tagalog as the basis for the evolution and adoption of the national language of the Philippines. President Manuel L. Quezon then, on December 30, 1937, proclaimed the selection of the Tagalog language to be used as the basis for the evolution and adoption of the national language of the Philippines. In 1939 President Quezon renamed the proposed Tagalog-based national language as wikang pambans\u00e2 (national language).[ In 1959, the language was further renamed as \"Pilipino\".The 1973 constitution designated the Tagalog-based \"Pilipino\
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