Is there a difference between Filipino and Tagalog language?
I know that the Philippines constitution changed the official language to be known as Filipino, which is based off Tagalog, but are there any major real differences? If Filipino is based off Tagalog, is Tagalog based off another language such as Latin-based or Malay-based?
I ask this because I've seen Filipino-Americans arguing over this. I've noticed how some people point out that the official Filipino languages uses certain letters that are absent with the actual Tagalog language.
Then there was this big argument in class where one person from the Philippines said that Filipino is the Official language and not Tagalog...while a Filipino-American kept saying "no it's Tagalog! since it's based off Tagalog...therefore Tagalog is still the official language"!
I also saw some kids arguing about it too, one set of kids kept calling it Filipino while others kept saying "it's Tagalog". Some have said "FILIPINO isn't even a language, it's TAGALOG!"
There seems to be a lot of confusion with Filipino identity in the U.S., and the language is part of it.
So who can give the best answer with clear and solid proof and evidence?
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In the Philippines, there are many dialects. One of these dialects is Tagalog which is mainly spoken in Luzon, particularly in Central Luzon and Southern Luzon, including the then Capital City, Manila. First of all, the word Tagalog was derived from the words "Taga Ilog" ("Taga" is "from" and "Ilog" is " River"), which means those residing by the river or river dweller,as differentiated from those living around the foot of the mountains. As time went on, Taga Ilog" became Tagalog.
In 1937, it was decreed by the National Government to have a basis of a national language, and the Tagalog dialect was chosen. In 1939, President Manuel Quezon declared Tagalog as the National Language.
However, there were many dissatisfied speakers of other dialects, especially those from the Visayas who are Cebuano speakers. To appease the complaints, it was decided to change the terminology of the National Language. In 1959, the then Secretary of Education declared that the name of the National Language be changed from Tagalog to Pilipino, but still retaining the main composition of the national language from the Tagalog dialect.
Still, there was no national consensus of the adoption of the word "PIlipino" as a National Language. In the 1987 Philippine Constitution, name of the National Language was again changed from Pilipino to Filipino, to give it more a nationalistic and universalist term.
It must be noted here that the word Filipino also stands as the nationality of the citizens of the Philippines. Hence, from 1987, the word Filipino both refer to Filipino as the National Language and Filipino as the Citizenship. Although, in common usage, the word Tagalog and Pilipino were still in use when referring to the National Language.
To end the discussion, the words Tagalog, Pilipino, and Filipino, refer to the same thing, the National Language of the Philippines.
Yes i heard some abt Filipino and Tagalog, she is filipino actually
Filipino———-people
Tagalog——–language in the philippines
According to my Filipino teacher, Tagalog and Filipino are all the same. When I study Filipino subject, they base tagalog instead. There are no differences.
According to the Wikipedia
Filipino is the national and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is based from the existing native language Tagalog.
We refer Filipino as Tagalog. Don’t be confuse.
Example (Halimbawa) which I have learn from my Filipino Subject:
What is your name? – English
Ano ang pangalan mo? – Tagalog and Filipino
My name is Jay-jay.
Ako pangalan ay si Jay-jay.
Please watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxBkvdchII0
look at the kid video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUQWwPKlF30
If you don’t trust me. Try this Filipino-Tagalog Dictionary:
http://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/
I am from Cebu.