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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

tl

Name

Official

Tagalog

Native

Wikang Tagalog

Family
Malayo-Polynesian
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

More info

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

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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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

Philippines

77M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tagalog speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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