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A language native to the southern part of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The Tagalog language is the main base language for the one of the official languages of the Philippines, Filipino (the other official language is English). The language, like most of the languages of the Philippines, is related to Malaysian, Indonesian, Hawaiian, Tongan, Somoan, some southern Taiwanese languages, and many more that are included in the Austronesian group of languages. The language has about 18 million native speakers. Tagalog can also refer to the Tagalog people.
I know very little of Tagalog, since both my parents are Visayan, but I will try to give some examples. mahal- love hirap- delicious nanay- mother tatay- father lolo- grandfather lola- grandmother bukas- uncooked rice araw- day gabi- night kita- we (you and I) ako- I, me langit- heaven, sky dilim- dark (in terms of brigtness of light) puti- white itim- black aso- dog pusa- cat puso- heart tubig- water baya- land mata- eye There's more I know, but I think this is enough