Learn How to Speak Tagalog
Do you want to learn how to speak Tagalog? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Tagalog is one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines. Tagalog originated with the “Tagalog” people that are from the area of Manila and the surrounding region. The national language is “Filipino”. Filipino is strongly related to Tagalog, yet is supposedly distinct in that it uses words from other languages in the Philippines as well as from Spanish and English. You can think of the lessons here as Filipino lessons or Tagalog lessons. Several other major languages can be found in the Philippines, (See the table at the bottom of this page). Yet, because Filipino is the national language, and closely related to Tagalog, the Tagalog language is widely understood throughout the island nation. I chose to learn how to speak Tagalog in order to talk with a wider range of people in the Philippines. I have friends that are native speakers of other languages there, but they also can converse well enough“people from the river area”. Top Languages in the Philippines (as of 2000 census) Below is a list of the top nine languages in the Philippines based on number of native speakers. This information is originally from the 2000 census. (source: ) Note the large number of native speakers of Cebuano. Cebuano is spoken in a large part of the Philippines. Even though the national language, Filipino is derived primarily from Tagalog, it also draws words from Cebuano, as well as Spanish and English, and other languages. Tagalog 22,000,000 Cebuano 20,000,000 Ilocano 7,700,000 Hiligaynon 7,000,000 Waray-Waray 3,100,000 Kapampangan 2,900,000 Northern Bicol 2,500,000 Pangasinan 2,434,086 Southern Bicol 1,200,000 Again, if you want to learn Tagalog, I think you will find this site very helpful. Please explore this site, and come back again and again. I will be adding more content regularly. Enjoy the Filipino lessons contained on this site!