Language code: tl
Technical information about ISO 639 language code tl
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The table below provides technical details for the Tagalog language, designated by the tl code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Tagalog Native Wikang Tagalog |
| Family | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Plural rules | |
| Language varieties | BataanBatangasBulacanLubangManilaMarinduqueTanay-PaeteTayabas |
| Related languages | BikolCebuanoHiligaynonWarayKapampangan |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Central Philippine subgroup of the Austronesian familyAround 20 % of its core vocabulary comes from Spanish loanwords, including “kamusta”Traditional syllabic script Baybayin is occasionally used for artistic and cultural purposesIt distinguishes inclusive and exclusive forms of “we”Verbs are conjugated through a voice-and-aspect system rather than grammatical tense. |
| Sample phrase | Kamusta, kumusta ka? |
| Character encodings | |
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Tagalog belongs to the Austronesian language family, specifically to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup. Tagalog is the basis for Filipino, which is one of the official languages of the Philippines. It is written using the Latin script (Filipino alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 80 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
77M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tagalog speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
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- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ