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tagalog

/təˈɡɑləɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
Ta-ga-log
IPA
/təˈɡɑləɡ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.

noun

A member of the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.

noun

a speaker of the Tagalog language

adj

Of or relating to the Tagalogs.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Philippine *taga- Tagalog taga- Proto-Austronesian *-luR Proto-Austronesian *qaluR Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ Tagalog alog Tagalog tagaalog? ▲ Tagalog taga- ▲ Proto-Austronesian *-luR Proto-Austronesian *iluR Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ Proto-Philippine *íluʀ Tagalog ilog Tagalog tagailog? Tagalog Tagal? Tagalog Tagalogbor. English Tagalog Borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /təˈɡɑləɡ/
  • British English: /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/

Inflected Forms

Tagalogs (plural)

Derived Forms

Englog Tagalic Tagalist Tagalize Taglish

Phrases

Tayabas Tagalog Wiktionary’s coverage of Tagalog terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Tagalog terms

Synonyms

Tagal Tagala tagalog language

Questions

How do you pronounce tagalog?
The recorded pronunciation is /təˈɡɑləɡ/.
What does tagalog mean?
A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.
Where does tagalog come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Philippine *taga- Tagalog taga- Proto-Austronesian *-luR Proto-Austronesian *qaluR Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ Tagalog alog Tagalog tagaalog? ▲ Tagalog taga- ▲ Proto-Austronesian *-luR Proto-Austronesian *iluR Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ Proto-Philippine *íluʀ Tagalog ilog Tagalog tagailog? Tagalog Tagal? Tagalog Tagalogbor. English Tagalog Borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

How to pronounce tagalog

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “tagalog”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/təˈɡɑləɡ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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