TAGALOG RESOURCES

Welcome to the Self Study Language Program Tagalog Resources Page! Here you will find a curated collection of resources that will help you learn everything about Tagalog and Philippine culture. 

ABOUT TAGALOG

Tagalog is classified as an Austronesean language and is spoken by more than 90 million Filipinos in the Philippines. Considered as the primary language in the central and Southern regions of the Philippines, Tagalog has been spoken historically in and around Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It is the basis of the national language, Filipino. Linguistically, Filipino and Tagalog share the same syntax, morphology, and phonology. The word Tagalog derives from the word “taga”, meaning “from”, and “ilog”, meaning “river”; thus its original meaning is “river dwellers”. (Domigpe & Domingo, 2015)