Langenesis

Austronesian family

Tagalog

900 CE – today Living

Tagalog (900 CE – today) is a living Austronesian language. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → Tagalog.

See Tagalog on the interactive map
Speakers
82M (82,000,000)
ISO 639-3
tgl
Glottocode
taga1280

The basis of Filipino, the national language of the Philippines. Earliest attestation is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription (~900 CE). Speaker count includes Filipino L2 speakers.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Tagalog900 CE – today

Sister languages 9

Also descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

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