Tagalog
is an
Austronesian
language
spoken
in the
Philippines
by about
22
million
people.
It is
related
to such
languages
as
Indonesian,
Malay,
Fijian,
Maori
(of New
Zealand),
Hawaiian,
Malagasy
(of
Madagascar),
Samoan,
Tahitian,
Chamorro
(of Guam
and the
Northern
Mariana
Islands),
Tetum
(of East
Timor),
and
Paiwan
(of
Taiwan).
It is
the
lingua
franca
of the
Philippines'
Region
IV
(CALABARZON
and
MIMAROPA)
and is
the
basis
for the
national
and the
official
language
of the
Philippines,
Filipino |
