Pilipino, Tagalog, Ilocano


Pilipino - The National Language of the Philippines

On November 13, 1937, the First National Assembly approved a law creating a National Language Institute to make a study and survey of each of the existing native dialects, with a view to choosing one which was to be used as a basis for the national language of the Philippines... The Institute selected Tagalog to be the basis of the national language. Thus, on December 31, 1937, President Quezon proclaimed the language based on Tagalog as the National Language of the Philippines... Commonwealth Act No. 570 was promulgated on July 4, 1946, when the independence of the Philippines was granted by the United States. It provides for the use of the National Language as one of the official languages of the Philippines (with Spanish and English) in government offices... In 1961 the office of the Secretary of Education introduced the use of the term Pilipino when referring to the National Language...
- Basic Tagalog - Paraluman S. Aspillera

Notes

Tagalog Orthography
hard c becomes k cajon becomes kahón (box)
soft c becomes s circo becomes sírko (circus)
ch becomes ts lechon becomes lítson (roast pig)
f becomes p Filipinas becomes Pilipínas (Philippines)
j becomes h cajon becomes kahón (box)
ll becomes ly calle becomes kálye (street)
ñ becomes ny piña becomes pinyá (pineapple)
q becomes k maquina becomes mákina (machine)
v becomes b cerveza becomes serbésa (beer)
x becomes ks taxi becomes táksi (taxi)
z becomes s azul becomes asúl (blue)
DaysMonths

Lúnes

Martés

Miyérkules

Huwébes

Biyérnes

Sábado

Linggó

Inéro

Pebréro

Márso

Abríl

Máyo

Húnyo

Húlyo

Agósto

Setyémbre

Oktúbre

Nubyémbre

Disyémbre

Cardinal Numbers
EnglishTagalogSpanish

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

isá

dalawá

tatló

ápat

limá

ánim

pitó

waló

siyám

sampú

uno

dos

tres

kuwatro

sinko

seis

siyete

otso

nuwebe

diyes

Opening quotation, tables, and most examples from Basic Tagalog by Paraluman S. Aspillera.
Created 1999-06-16, Modified 2009-08-06. Bahala na!