Tagalog
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines.
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Tagalog is the basis of Filipino, the national language of the Philippines. Three centuries of Spanish rule left thousands of loanwords: the greeting kumusta comes from Spanish ¿cómo está?
Written down
Ang lahat ng tao'y isinilang na malaya at pantay-pantay sa karangalan at mga karapatan. Sila'y pinagkalooban ng katwiran at budhi at dapat magpalagayan ang isa't isa sa diwa ng pagkakapatiran.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Tagalog
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | nánay | |
| father | ama | |
| child | anak | |
| man | lalaki | |
| woman | babae | |
| person | tao | |
| name | ngalan | |
| friend | kaibigan | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | tainga | |
| nose | ilong | |
| tooth | ngipin | |
| tongue | dila | |
| hand | kamay | |
| heart | puso | |
| head | ulo | |
| blood | dugo | |
| bone | buto | |
| skin | balat | |
| knee | tuhod | |
| breast | suso | |
| liver | atay | |
| water | tubig | |
| fire | apoy | |
| sun | araw | |
| moon | buwan | |
| star | bituin | |
| sky | langit | |
| rain | ulan | |
| snow | niyebe |
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