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Tagalog

Tagalog

7.2
A person from a large Philippine ethnic group or the language that group speaks
  • proper noun
  • /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/
: tagalo
  • Many people in Manila speak Tagalog as their first language.

Examples

  • My friend is a member of the Tagalog ethnic group and shares stories about their culture.

  • - It's about all of the Tagalog.

    Mammoth (2009)

  • (Tagalog) - What?

    Easter Sunday (2022)

  • It was incorrect, bad Tagalog, and lovingly adorned.

    Blog text (13)

  • The "Malays" (Filipinos) retain their customs, "Oriental dialect" (Tagalog), their architecture, and their human ties to their country of origin, but they are not insular.

    Academic text (2018)

  • I have been learning Tagalog to communicate better with my Filipino friends.

Synonyms

Filipino
vsTagalog
1 4.2

The official language of the Philippines based mainly on Tagalog and other local languages

is broader and also denotes the ethnic group and its native speech
Filipino language
vsTagalog
1 3.0

The official national language of the Philippines based on Tagalog and using words from other local languages

is broader including the ethnic group as well as the language
Philippine language
vsTagalog
6.5

The official way of speaking in the Philippines based on Tagalog and including words from other local languages

is broader and covers both the people and their original language

Surface Forms

Tagalog main

Etymology

The word Tagalog comes from taga- 'from' and ilog 'river', which gave the name 'river people'. Today Tagalog can mean either a member of that group or the language they speak.