Why are non-Tagalog Philippine languages categorized as "other languages" and are not admitted in Filipino categories? For example, in Palanca Awards, Cebuano category is separate from Filipino category. Why, isn't Cebuano a Filipino language, too? Or are we being fooled that Tagalog equates with Filipino and we prefer to call an apple an orange?

I live in France and I'm searching for a Koran in the Filipino language. Is there a website where it can easily be shipped to the country? Does it even exist?

Hi, i have an project/assignment in my logic class where i need to translate a self help book into tagalog? Can you give me some sites? aND are there some sites that can translate english sentence to tagalog/filipino language? Thanks.

Won't the Filipino language be more appreciated when spoken proudly and not with so much English words.

04:29 - 04:59 of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEjux1RCGkc
@Mystic - Kapag po Pilipino ang gagamitin ko dito sa tuwing magtatanong, tinatanggal po ng Y!A. Ayan o, marami raw po akong "misspellings" kahit nasa Yahoo Philippines naman po ako.

what is the importance of filipino language?

The constitution states that since Filipino is mostly Tagalog that it must evolve using other Filipino languages as to better represent the country as a whole and distance itself from Tagalog so how do they choose what words to add to the Filipino language.

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

Science terms and math terms into Filipino language very many? please

My Grandma is 100 percent and she was always big on being a good person. im putting together back piece and would like to have symbol/word in filipino language or tagalog that represents the word karma. -Thanks

Since Spanish was the first official language of the country, united the country, and because it had been official for 400 years. Also Tagalog is based mostly in Luzon and I know Cebuano's resent Tagalog being the National language. Another Reason is because Jose Rizal made Spanish the National language of Philippines.
Hey Damong Ligaw..the only problem with your answer is that Filipino language is based on Tagalog why should Tagalog be above other native languages? When in fact it was the Spanish that united the country.. intendehan?

Filipino or Tagalog? Is there really a difference? Sometimes, we just shrug this question off. It's easy to say these two don't have a difference since native speakers of these languages will not be strangers when they talk. They will understand each other completely.
But technical translations demand more literal transfers. Consequently whether to use Filipino or Tagalog becomes a conscious question. When source words are without exact equivalents in Tagalog, here is where Filipino becomes useful. In a sense, one often resorts to using Filipino when "pure Tagalog" expressions can't be found. A translation therefore can be a mixture of Filipino or Tagalog, assuming that there is a clear line that distinguishes them from each other.

Tagalog is not a dialect but a major language in the Philippines. Within the Tagalog region, there are many dialects such as the variations found in Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Mindoro, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal and Batangas provinces. Ninety percent of native Tagalog speakers are born and bred and grew up in these provinces.

Filipino is based on Tagalog. Without Tagalog, I doubt if there will ever be a clear identification of the Filipino language. On second thought, maybe, Filipino will be based on Cebuano, or Ilocano, or Bicolano, or Ilongo which are also major languages. Some Cebuanos are sometimes jealous because majority of the so-called Filipino words and expressions are actually Tagalog.

Is Kai (also Kye, Ky, Ki) a name or word in the Filipino language? Or of any other languages/dialects of the Philippines? If so, what does it mean?

Dialect- Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.

Like English in the UK and in the US; or Spanish in Spain and in Argentina. They speak the same language but different dialect.

Now how could these be similar?

(good morning)

Tagalog: Magandang umaga
Ilocano: Naimbag nga bigatyo
Hiligaynon/Ilonggo: Maayong buntag
Kapampangan: Mayap ayabak

They clearly differ in phonology, grammar, and VOCABULARY. I think the Commission on the Filipino Language should have known better before declaring each indigenous "dialects" as dialects. It just makes most Filipinos unaware of what a dialect really is.

Do you agree?

Anyone Here Know What Site Can I Find Jose Rizal's Biography In Filipino Language???

At last, the Phillipines lack major natural resources or anything worth stealing. This explains their lack of trade with other countries, and the apathy other countries have towards it. As of today, no one cares.

As stated before, most countries rely heavily upon their economy in order to be prosperous. As the Phillipines currently have a crappy economy, they're screwed

can you translate that to filipino language??thanks

it's like your my teacher in korean i could teach you tagalog from philippines if you wanna know filipino language i could teach and you could touch me korean who's willing? so im going to give my e-mail address so that we could chat and teach each other different languages. please and thank you

what we call in filipino language(i cant live with out you yahoo answrs

"pilipino-ingles ongles-pilipino" i think its a filipino language dictionary but none of the words in it match anything filipino i have found. my inlaws are filipino and i was trying to impress them by learning their language.

Please translate the word "Engineer" in the Filipino language

how close is filipino language to indonesian and malasian language?
what is closer to filipino? indonesian or malaysian?
and pls include examples of similar words

thanks!

We have this freaking language week in our school, so I have to find out stuff about Filipino language and obviously I don't know anything 'bout it so plz plz plz HELP ME. It's due for tomorrow!!
Some important points:
.How was the language formed
.What were the old alphabets
.What are the new alphabets that people studdy today.(Not me )
.And please write down(type:D) the things you feel that are important too.

According to this article:
http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20080623/tph-filipino-language-international-541dfb4.html and http://goodnewspilipinas.com/wp/?p=2204,
I wonder if its true?

This guy I like took a quiz on facebook and his result said that the name of the person he likes starts with a C (like my name).

Then one of his friends commented on it in a filipino language, I'm not sure if it was tagalog or not.

But they said "aba cno yan"

does anyone know what that means?

Can you give a short biography of jose rizal? In filipino language please..

The wrestler Umaga
Not the Samoan language, the Filipino language
hey "cenasgal" if cena is all you talk about then go to the gay and bi section
No that's Samoan

Any technology that influence the Filipino language. Mostly for Filipinos.

i need the meaning in Filipino language (a paragraph of meaning would help)

tell me what you think.
I'm gonna try answering back, people, let's make this into some kind of debate for fun.

@Flower Power, but there are no full Filipino language anymore. The Filipino language is a mixture of different languages: Spanish, vernacular languages, and English.
I'm also giving you guys permission to debunk the arguments of those before you... that is, if it is allowed in Yahoo Answers. LOL.

I am Japanese living in the Philippines and now learning the Filipino language so hard by myself. Because, unfortunately, there are no good grammar books written in Japanese are available, I have no other choice than to learn it by books written in Tagalog...

While reading a book, I came across a passage whose meaning I cannot figure out:

>Anupat magiging madali at malinaw ang pag-aaral sa alinmang bahagi o antas ng Filipino kung magkakaroon muna tayo ng sanligang kaalaman sa ponolohya o palatunugan nito.

In this pasage, "anupat" and "sanligang" are the words I don't understand and which I cannot find out even in the dictionary.

(1) anupat: I guess it is made up of 'anu + pa + at', but I can't still figure out the meaning of the whole sentece.

(2) sanligang: I guess it consists of 'isa + -ng + liga + ng', and I suppose 'sanligang kaalaman' means 'the whole knowledge' or 'total understanding'. I am still not sure of myself because I can't find out the word in the dictionary.

I would like to know the meaning in tagalog dialect or filipino language the english phrase "so to speak".

i can be your tutor. Tagalog is the Filipino language while Cebuano is the language in most of the Visayan provinces. I can teach you how to speak some tagalog or cebuano languages.

What are the projects/contributions of Pres. Corazon Aquino to enrich the Filipino Language

*For me, the Philippine government do not pay attention with regards to the distribution of Philippine literature in the country. Why?

* We all know that Philippine literature helps a lot to raise our national language. How?

*Nowadays, Filipino language is being snobbed by Filipinos themselves because they weren't able to use it especially to those educated people. Why?

*Some Filipinos are also fond of reading materials which are written in English rather than in FIlipino. Why?

*Before, some Filipinos patronizes the Philippine literature, but now, they do not want to read more of it & spend their time with it. Why?

Lots of tagalog (filipino language) words are almost the same as some french words. Here's some french that sounds like tagalog:

TURN - le coup (liko)
LITER - le true (litro)
BEHIND - le coud (likod)
FIVE - le ma (lima)

What was our original language and how did some french words get into it? I thought Spain was the only country who influenced the Philippines.