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Tagalog
Tagalog or Tagal , dominant people of Luzon, the Philippines, and the second largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. They number about 16 million. Most of the population is Christian. Tagalog, a Malayo-Polynesian language that had a written standard form before the coming of the Spanis... Read more
Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Bloomfield 1887-1949, American linguist, b. Chicago. Bloomfield was professor at Ohio State Univ. (1921-27), at the Univ. of Chicago (1927-40), and at Yale (from 1940). His specialty for years was Germanic languages, especially in their comparative aspects. He became interested, however, in... Read more
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages , sometimes also called Austronesian languages , family of languages estimated at from 300 to 500 tongues and understood by approximately 300 million people in Madagascar; the Malay Peninsula; Indonesia and New Guinea; the Philippines; Taiwan; the Melanesian, Micronesi... Read more
artificial languages
artificial languages languages that are invented by one or more human beings as opposed to languages that develop naturally among peoples. Examples of artificial languages are Volapük, Esperanto , and Ido . See international language . ... Read more
Gaelic
Gaelic , or Goidelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages ; Irish language . ... Read more
Goidelic
Goidelic , or Gaelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages ; Irish language . ... Read more
Iranian languages
Iranian languages group of languages belonging to the Indo-Iranian family of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ... Read more
universal language
universal language a language intended to further communication and goodwill among peoples speaking different languages without necessarily replacing their native tongues. See international language . ... Read more
Hamitic languages
Hamitic languages subfamily of the Hamito-Semitic family of languages, a now-abandoned system of classification for languages of N Africa and SW Asia. The Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and (sometimes) Chadic languages were formerly classified as Hamitic languages. See Afroasiatic languages . ... Read more
Assamese
Assamese , language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Tagalog language"

Tagalog language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tagalog language see Malayo-Polynesian languages .
Tagalog
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Austronesian Phylum. The dialect of Tagalog spoken in Manila is often...History and Cultural Relations Tagalog civilization has been a distinctive...of the sixteenth century, Tagalog society on Luzon was organized...kingdoms." In general, Tagalogs had a system of writing...Majapahit left their ...
TAGALOG
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language TAGALOG [Stress: ‘ta-GA-log’]. A Malayo-Polynesian language of the Philippines, one of the major indigenous languages, the mother tongue of some 10m Filipinos...the basis of the official and national language referred to as both FILIPINO or Pilipino...
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...four Malayo-Polynesian languages have official status in four...and Pilipino (based on Tagalog), in the Philippines. These languages have come to be widely understood...although not always as a first language. The Malayo-Polynesian...Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by over ...
Austronesian languages
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Austronesian languages ( Malayo-Polynesian ) Family...includes Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, Malagasy, and numerous other languages spoken in Indonesia, the Philippines...Guam), and the Polynesian languages, which include Maori, Tongan...
Pilipino language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pilipino language form of Tagalog used in the Philippines. See Malayo-Polynesian languages .
The Philippines
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...Affiliation. The official languages are Filipino, which is based on Tagalog with words from other native languages, and English. Since only...dialects are derived from Malay languages. Three dialects are of national...north, and Tagalog, the language of the National Capital Region...
Filipinos
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Philippines POPULATION: 66 million LANGUAGE: Tagalog (national language); English; Cebuano; Ilocano...speaking several different languages, 90 percent of the population...mass education in the English language. Japanese invasion and occupation...
East Asians of the United States
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...origin in the sending nation, language, religion, generation...immigrants generally spoke the language of their homeland. Thus...spoke Ilocano, Visayan, or Tagalog, with most recent immigrants speaking Tagalog, now the offical language...
Marcelo Hilario Del Pilar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...self-respect, and human dignity. His mastery of Tagalog, his native language, enabled him to arouse the consciousness of the...In 1882 Del Pilar founded the newspaper Diariong Tagalog to propagate democratic liberal ideas among the...

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Tagalog
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...Philippine Islands. 2. the Austronesian language of this people. Its vocabulary has been...the basis of a standardized national language of the Philippines (Filipino...of or relating to this people or their language.
Filipino
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...relating to the Philippines, the Filipinos, or their language. • n. ( pl. -nos ) 1. ( fem. Fil...or a person of Filipino descent. 2. the national language of the Philippines, a standardized form of Tagalog.

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IMSI's New Easy Language: 25 World Languages Spans the Globe From A to Z; Newest Easy Language adds exotic language choices like Zulu, Tagalog, Hungarian, Turkish, and Czech.
Business Wire; 3/10/1998; 700+ words ; ...learning." International Languages From Arabic to Zulu Easy Language: 25 World Languages includes more than...Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish...Based Learning Easy Language: 25 World Languages emphasizes basic vocabulary...
FRIENDSTER NOW AVAILABLE IN TAGALOG.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 1/28/2009; 700+ words ; ...Internet. "Friendster in Tagalog gives even more Filipinos...forward to welcoming millions of Tagalog speakers to the Internet and...Jones. Users can set their language of choice on Friendster several...website or mobile site, or the Languages link at the bottom of the...on Friendster based on the ...
Friendster Now Available in Tagalog.
PR Newswire; 1/28/2009; 700+ words ; Over 90 Million Tagalog Speaking Filipinos...the most popular language in the Philippines...coming days. This new language addition on Friendster...a greater choice of languages with which to navigate...welcoming millions of Tagalog speakers to the Internet...mobile site, or the ...
Future of Tagalog Classes at the UW uncertain
Newspaper article from: International Examiner; 1/14/2003; ; 553 words ; ...reinstatement and institutionalization of a Tagalog language class. Today, new generations...humanities to discuss the future of Tagalog at the UW. "I want to accomplish...dedication you have all shown for Tagalog thus far." The class is currently...
Tagalog On Site now accepting applicants for study-tour in
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 2/20/1997; 552 words ; ...Filipino Reporter 02-20-1997 Tagalog On Site now accepting applicants...second year. The program, known as Tagalog On Site, is affiliated with the...Through intensive Pilipino (Tagalog) language instruction coupled with lectures...
FAHSI launches Tagalog Workshop series
Newspaper article from: Filipino Express, The; 8/13/2000; 441 words ; ...the workshops so they can speak Tagalog with their parents, their relatives...Filipino history and culture. "Tagalog in Context" is taught by Paolo...Philippines, the history of the Tagalog language, the Philippine alphabet, everyday...
hearings in Tagalog-speaking regions.
News Wire article from: Philippines News Agency; 7/1/2008; 527 words ; ...Puno favors the use of the national language in Tagalog-speaking provinces for court hearings. The use of Tagalog will be favorable to poor litigants...to pilot the use for instance of the Tagalog language in Bulacan and the result is...
Conversational Tagalog classes at FAHSI
Newspaper article from: Filipino Express, The; 9/8/2002; 342 words ; ...week introductory course on the Tagalog language this fall. Beginning this September...professionals, the conversational Tagalog course will cover basic rules of...year. He teaches Intermediate Tagalog at New York University. Classes...
AT&T callers may now speak to a Tagalog operator
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 11/30/1995; ; 429 words ; ...callers may now speak to a Tagalog operator. SHORT HILLS, NJ...prefer operator assistance in Tagalog and six languages other than English can get...for help in their preferred language. The lapse in the time it...callers reach an AT&T Tagalog-speaking operator by dialing...
Pamphlets printed in Tagalog
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 8/10/2008; ; 301 words ; ...being decided Aug. 26 weren't in English but in Tagalog, a language widely spoken in the Philippines. An apparent mix...mailboxes sometime this week. Meanwhile, both English and Tagalog versions of the pamphlet are available on the division...