Comments on: is it true that tagalog is not considered a language according to language experts tagalog?

By: Gaara

Gaara — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Filipino is the national language of the Philippines although Tagalog and Filipino are similar that’s why sometimes they think Tagalog (Filipino was based on Tagalog) is the official language.

here’s the link that explains it more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_language

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Don’t worry about it, I believe that in many years to come it would become obsolete.

By: @wrestler@

@wrestler@ — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Tagalog is, and has always been considered, a language. I am not aware that there are neo-experts who now say otherwise.

By: death's endless_waltz

death's endless_waltz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Tagalog is one of the dialect
Of the filipino language

By: uswhiteghost2

uswhiteghost2 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Tagalog has always been considered a language of the Philippines. Don’t know what ”experts” you think say it is not a true language.

By: Think Tank™

Think Tank™ — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Just like other major dialects like Ilocano and Cebuano, Tagalog is a native dialect of the Tagalog provinces of the Philippines.

It can not be mistaken as the National language of the Philippines which is Filipino.

By: annely

annely — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

Show me your "experts" first and then I`ll tell you what I think.

EDIT: I agree with fireFox completely. Dialects are variations of a language; speakers of different dialects can generally understand each other. For example, the Tagalog language has many different variations, which you can have a look at here:

http://www.101languages.net/tagalog/dialects.html

Speakers of other languages, however, like Tagalog and Cebuano, often do not find their respective languages mutually intelligible. If you want proof of this, click on the following web page, then choose "Mutual Intelligibility"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines

This is similar to the case of "dialects" in China. Politically, Cantonese is considered a dialect; linguistically it is a separate language. An example of a Chinese dialect, would be the Beijing dialect and Jiao-Liao dialect, both variations of Mandarin Chinese. The "Chinese language" is an umbrella term covering many languages, and the same goes for the Philippines.

Don`t think that Filipino is the language, and Tagalog is a dialect either. Filipino is the de facto form of Tagalog. Compare:

Filipino = gobyerno
Tagalog = pamahalaan

By: aj

aj — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

it’s not a language, it is one of the dialects in the philippines (correct me if i am wrong).
that’s why when you’re chosing a language on the Internet, You have that Option "Filipino" not "Tagalog"

By: wolfgang p

wolfgang p — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

FILIPINO languages are consist of many dialect and the Tagalog dialect is the main officially recognized as a language in the Philippines.

PILIPINO- are the citizens.

By: Tindahan ni Lola BaKekaNg

Tindahan ni Lola BaKekaNg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:43 +0000

well…

Tagalog comes from the word TAGA-ILOG which means from the river….it actually pertains to the culture and dialects of the inhabitants by the river pasig…

tagalog may not be a language historically, because it addresses to the citizens of the people of ilog pasig…

but….technically,…speaking…it is the most popular language of use in the philippines for like hundreds of years already, so don’t change the status quo…