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	TAGALOG 2006 MAIN PAGE
		major languages spoken in the Philippines, mostly by people from the Tagalog regions in the main island of Luzon.
		If you don't find the Tagalog word/s you are looking for, please send us an e-mail so we could add them to our online dictionary base.
		It will give you a list of corresponding Tagalog words for the English term that you are looking for, and you can choose which one is appropriate in terms of usage.
	www.seasite.niu.edu /Tagalog/Tagalog_mainpage.htm (366 words)

	Tagalog, an Extinct Philippine Script
		The Tagalog script was a syllabary, which means that each symbol represents a complete syllable.
		The experts of the time were consulted, we read in the Tagalog orthography, about this new invention with the request that they adopt and use it in writing for the convenience of everybody.
		Since the rules for the use of the Tagalog script are well-documented, inadequate research has to be the reason for its misunderstanding.
	www.bibingka.com /dahon/tagalog/tagalog.htm (1240 words)

	Tagalog alphabets, pronunciation and language
		Tagalog is an Austronesian language with about 57 million speakers in the Philippines, particularly in Manila, central and southern parts of Luzon, and also on the islands of Lubang, Marinduque, and the northern and eastern parts of Mindoro.
		Tagalog used to be written with the Baybayin alphabet, which probably developed from the Kawi script of Java, Bali and Sumatra, which in turn descended from the Pallava script, one of the southern Indian scripts derived from Brahmi.
		It was written in Spanish and Tagalog, with the Tagalog text in both Baybayin and the Latin alphabet.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/tagalog.htm (421 words)

	Tagalog language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tagalog (pronunciation: [tɐˈgaːlog]) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines.
		The word Tagalog was derived from tagá-ílog, from tagá- meaning "native of" and ílog meaning "river", thus, it means "resident beside the river." Since there are no written samples of Tagalog before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, very little is known about the history of the language.
		Tagalog vocabulary is composed mostly of words of Austronesian origin with borrowings from Spanish, Min Nan Chinese (also known as Hokkien or Fujianese), Malay, Sanskrit, Arabic, Tamil, Persian, Kapampangan, languages spoken on Luzon, and others, especially other Austronesian languages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tagalog (2248 words)

	Tagalog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tagalog is an Austronesian language commonly spoken in the Philippines and is the basis for the language called Filipino.
		The between d and r in the Tagalog is as recent as the colonization as in baybayin.
		Since Tagalog speakers were the ethnic group closest to Spanish seat of government(Malacañang culture and education; they formed the native and after the independence Tagalog formed the of the national language despite the fact another vernacular Cebuano had more speakers at that time.
	www.freeglossary.com /Tagalog (3446 words)

	Tagalog 101: The Tagalog Language
		Thus in may cases Americans and Tagalogs use words in their own languages which are from the same remote source in India, and coming aroung the earth east and west to meet again in the Philippines.
		The Arabic words in Tagalog, which are hardly more than a dozen in number, evidently came in with the Mohammedan religion, and upon the extinction of that faith around the mouth of the Pasig, all but a few words fell into disuse.
		In Tagalog, there are twelve (12) names for the coconut, including its different varieties and conditions for the maturity and preparation for use.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/3727/tagalog1.htm (983 words)

	Tagalog (Filipino)
		Tagalog is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines and functions as its lingua franca.
		Tagalog is a non-tonal language with a relatively small number of phonemes.
		Tagalog is considered to be a Category II language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/june/Tagalog.html (1105 words)

	The Tagalog Language at Cornell - Department of Asian Studies
		Tagalog is one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines whose population is now over 77 million.
		It is the native tongue of the people in the Tagalog region in Central Luzon.
		It was the national language from 1937 to 1972 (renamed Pilipino in 1959) and some Filipino language experts argue that Tagalog is, actually, the base for Filipino—the current national language and national lingua franca.
	lrc.cornell.edu /asian/courses/tagalog (190 words)

	Southern Tagalog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Southern Tagalog, or Region IV, was a region of the Philippines that is now comprised of Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA).
		Before the split, Southern Tagalog was the largest region in terms of both population and area.
		Southern Tagalog comprises the provinces of Aurora, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Quezon, Rizal, and Romblon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Tagalog (180 words)

	TAGALOG (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The modernisation of Tagalog was originally left in the hands of the National Language Academy which wrote the official balarilà 'grammar' and attempted to fill many lexical deficiencies.
		Tagalog, like its sister Philippine languages, is an Austronesian language distantly related to the languages of most of Indonesia, Madagascar, aboriginal Taiwan, most Pacific isles, and parts of New Guinea.
		Tagalog is a morphologically complex, predicate-initial language, in which the predicate (in many cases, a verb) occupies the initial slot of a sentence:
	iloko.tripod.com /tagamida.html (810 words)

	What's a Barong? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Barong Tagalog is properly referred to as the "Baro ng Tagalog" (dress of the Tagalog) and it cannot be contracted to simply "Barong" since that would be equivalent in English to saying "He is wearing a dress of".
		The Earliest Baro The earliest known fact on the "Baro ng Tagalog" discloses that the natives of Ma-I (the Philippines as it was called before the Spaniards re-discovered the archipelago), and in particular, the Tagalogs, who lived in the island of Luzon, wore baro.
		The Barong Tagalog By the time the Filipino nationalists had won their fight for independence, the baro ng Tagalog, or Barong Tagalog as it was popularly called from then on, with ruffled collar and cuffs and more elaborate designs, reappeared.
	www.mybarong.com /whatsbarong.html (3553 words)

	Tagalog - Test for Unicode support in Web browsers
		Tagalog (which is now officially known as “Pilipino”) is the most widely-used native language in the Philippines, and is normally written using the Latin script.
		This range includes the syllabic Tagalog alphabet, use of which had all but died out by 1600 A.D. Unicode Tagalog can be displayed by Netscape 7 under Windows, and by Netscape 7, OmniWeb and Opera 6 under Mac OS X 10.
		The characters that appear in the “Character” columns of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
	www.alanwood.net /unicode/tagalog.html (265 words)

	Tagalog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tagalog is the most widely know language of the Philippines.
		Filipino (Pilipino) is a language based on Tagalog, renamed and modified in order to create a national language.
		Filipino is said to be a combination of all the different Philippine languages, but is essentially Tagalog.
	www.flw.com /languages/tagalog.htm (72 words)

	Filipino? Tagalog? Pilipino? Learn the difference!
		That constitution provided for a national language, but did not specifically designate it as Tagalog because of objections raised by representatives from other parts of the country where Tagalog was not spoken.
		It merely stated that a national language acceptable to the entire populace (and ideally incorporating elements from the diverse languages spoken throughout the islands) would be a future goal.
		Tagalog, of course, by virtue of being the lingua franca of those who lived in or near the government capital, was the predominant candidate.
	www.tagaloglang.com /whyfilipino.htm (583 words)

	Tagalog::Understanding the Language
		We have tried to keep the language simple and our explanations brief. It is quite difficult to explain the process of Tagalog reduplication, for example, in one short paragraph; thus we would recommend you consult the books listed in our resources for a more in-depth, or linguistical analysis of the languaage.
		Tagalog has a simplified system to mark plurals when compared to English. Generally only one plural marker is needed, for example (French, 1988):
		Tagalog grammar uses a focus system, which means that the verbal affix denotes a special relationship between the verb and one of the noun phrases within the sentence. It is this noun phrase that is the “focus” of the sentence, and which is also marked by a specific particle (French, 1988; Kroeger, 1993).
	www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca /LERC/courses/489/worldlang/tagalog2/description.htm (1124 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		What we do have at the moment is not "Filipino" but Tagalog, a regional language that is spoken in that part of the country where the capital city is. Tagalog is the lingua franca of Manila and its environs.
		As such, Tagalog remains a language of intrusion in non-Tagalog areas just as Visayan is intrusive in non-Visayan areas.
		While it is true that local language has over the years found its way into the Tagalog vocabulary (such Visayan words as kuno and kawatan, among others), still that does not negate the fact that until now no legislative enactment has ever considered putting flesh into the constitutional mandate of developing a Filipino language.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/col_krm/2003/feb27.htm (777 words)

	New Internationalist: Tales from Tagalog: the odds may be against them, but the people of a village in the Philippines ...
		New Internationalist: Tales from Tagalog: the odds may be against them, but the people of a village in the Philippines are determined to reclaim their land from sugar.
		Tales from Tagalog: the odds may be against them, but the people of a village in the Philippines are determined to reclaim their land from sugar.
		Eighty-five per cent of the peasants in the province of Southern Tagalog are landless, despite decades of promised land reform.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JQP/is_363/ai_111617803 (890 words)

	Tagalog
		Now nearly three-quarters of the population speak Tagalog; an amazing advance, for a century ago, it was only a regional language with no official recognition at all.
		With this product, you will not just learn to speak Tagalog, but you will also learn the necessary skills to be on your way to fluency.
		It is designed to give you maximum exposure to the Tagalog language in the least amount of time.
	www.lp-group.com /store/tagalog.html (435 words)

	Filipina Ladies.com the Philippine's original personal introduction service. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pilipino, or Tagalog as it is also known, is one of the two official languages of the Philippines.
		Tagalog is the language Filipinos mostly use amongst themselves.
		People feel more at home with their native language whereas English still feels "artificial." To communicate on a personal level, one must use Pilipino although it is often mixed with English.
	www.filipinaladies.com /new/basictagalog.htm (154 words)

	Tagalog English Dictionary \| Philippines
		This site is designed primarily for learners of Filipino/ Tagalog language.
		Type in your "keywords" at the FastSearch Bar then hit "search"
		You may search for Tagalog and English "keywords"
	www.tagalog-dictionary.com (0 words)

	Ailanto : Pilipino
		On November 13, 1937, the First National Assembly approved a law creating a National Language Institute to make a study and survey of each of the existing native dialects, with a view to choosing one which was to be used as a basis for the national language of the Philippines...
		The Institute selected Tagalog to be the basis of the national language.
		Thus, on December 31, 1937, President Quezon proclaimed the language based on Tagalog as the National Language of the Philippines...
	www.kafejo.com /lingvoj/natlangs/misc/pilipino.htm (897 words)

	Tagalog - language.com.au - Tagalog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This phrase based "crash course", based on the famous US military method of the Language/30 courses, are perhaps the best bet to get you speaking and understanding a foreign language in as little time as possible.
		Tagalog is the root language of Pilipino, the Philippines national language.
		This course was developed at The University of California and teaches all aspects of Tagalog including conversation, grammar, vocabulary, and reading skills.
	www.language.com.au /tagalog.html (441 words)

	Tagalog Translation Service - English to Tagalog Translation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You probably don't speak Tagalog yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		Only professional translators whose native language is Tagalog perform our English to Tagalog translation.
		Professional translators whose native language is English and speak fluent Tagalog perform our Tagalog to English translation.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/tagalog_translation.shtml (458 words)

	ECTACO - Tagalog(Philippines) electronic dictionary, Tagalog(Philippines) translation software, Tagalog(Philippines) ...
		Tagalog (Philippines) for Pocket PC is a universal language management and translation solution for devices running Windows Mobile.
		Tagalog (Philippines) for Windows is part of a complete language learning and management solution for your PC.
		Tagalog (Philippines) for Pocket PC is a fast and convenient translating dictionary that travels wherever you go.
	www.ectaco.com /Tagalog(Philippines)-items (1208 words)

	Tagalog translation, English to Tagalog translation, Tagalog to English translation
		They have in-depth understanding of the subject matter and solid mastering of the Tagalog language including its spelling, grammar, and cultural appropriateness.
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		For personal documents, only one translator works on the translation; for publication quality documents, a second translator is assigned to edit and proofread the translation.
	www.wintranslation.com /languages/tagalog.html (257 words)

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