Languages

Tagalog

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Tagalog." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/tagalog.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Tagalog. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/tagalog

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-tagalog,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Tagalog},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/tagalog},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

tgl 1

Speaker Count

87,000,000 1

Ethnologue total figure, 2020-2023.

Region

Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, northwestern Bicol, Ilocos Region 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Austronesian

Source Wikipedia: Tagalog Language

In the Other Atlases

Also in Geography Atlas: Philippines, located there.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Tagalog Language

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Tagalog ... is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

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1. Wikipedia: Tagalog Language

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