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2. Tagalog is the first language for 25% of Filipinos. It's standardised form, called Filipino, is the
Sat Jul 29, 2023, 06:42 PM
Jul 2023
national language.

Apparently the BBC reporter does not know that the Philippine language is Tagalog.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language

Tagalog (/təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/, tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages, alongside English.

Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, the Bisayan languages, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan, and more distantly to other Austronesian languages, such as the Formosan languages of Taiwan, Indonesian, Malay, Hawaiian, Māori, Malagasy, and many more.

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