Spoken L1 Language: Tagalog

Comments on subclassification

Zorc, R. David Paul 1977 Robert Blust 1991

AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:
Tagalog (tgl-tgl) = 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Became a dominant language in the 17th century under Spanish occupation. Widespread in the Philippines and internationally. Used in trade, education, religion, daily life, literature, education, and the military.
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