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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old tagalog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
old -ta-ga-log
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The unattested early stage of the Tagalog language, spoken and sparsely written in the Baybayin script before Spanish contact, that derived from Central Philippine languages and already containing loanwords from Old Malay, Classical Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Middle Tamil, Classical Persian, Old Javanese, and possibly Medieval Southern Min Chinese and/or Late Middle Chinese, later evolving into Classical Tagalog.

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does old tagalog mean?
The unattested early stage of the Tagalog language, spoken and sparsely written in the Baybayin script before Spanish contact, that derived from Central Philippine languages and already containing loanwords from Old Malay, Classical Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Middle Tamil, Classical Persian, Old Javanese, and possibly Medieval Southern Min Chinese and/or Late Middle Chinese, later evolving into Classical Tagalog.

How to pronounce old tagalog

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