What is Tagalog of Wikipedia?
What is Tagalog of Wikipedia?
The Tagalog Wikipedia (Tagalog: Wikipediang Tagalog) is the Tagalog language edition of Wikipedia, which was launched on December 1, 2003. It has 43,095 articles and is the 100th largest Wikipedia according to the number of articles as of May 26, 2022. Tagalog Wikipedia.
Where is Tagalog language originated?
the Philippines
Tagalog is a language that originated in the Philippine islands. It is the first language of most Filipinos and the second language of most others. More than 50 million Filipinos speak Tagalog in the Philippines, and 24 million people speak the language worldwide.
What is the oldest language in Philippines?
Old Tagalog
| Old Tagalog | |
|---|---|
| ᜎᜓᜋᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ Lumang Tagalog | |
| Region | Philippines, particularly the present-day regions of Calabarzon and Mimaropa |
| Era | 10th century AD (developed into Classical Tagalog in c. 16th century) |
| Language family | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Old Tagalog |
What Filipino words come from Spanish?
Loanwords that underwent semantic shift
| Tagalog | Spanish-derived word | Spanish equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| mantikà | manteca (“lard”, “butter”) | aceite |
| palengke | palenque (“stockade”, “palisade”) | mercado |
| palitada | paletada (“shovelful”, “trowelful”) | yeso |
| papagayo | papagayo (“parrot”) | cometa |
Where did the name Wikipedia come from?
The name “Wikipedia” is a blending of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning “quick”) and encyclopedia. Wikipedia’s articles provide links to guide readers to related pages with more information.
Where was Wikipedia founded?
Wikipedia was initially conceived as a feeder project for the Wales-founded Nupedia, an earlier project to produce a free online encyclopedia, volunteered by Bomis, a web-advertising firm owned by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell and Michael E. Davis.
Who made the language Tagalog?
In 1613, the Franciscan priest Pedro de San Buenaventura published the first Tagalog dictionary, his “Vocabulario de la lengua tagala” in Pila, Laguna. The first substantial dictionary of the Tagalog language was written by the Czech Jesuit missionary Pablo Clain in the beginning of the 18th century.
When was Tagalog language invented?
The Tagalog language has existed for thousands of years ago, but there are no documents or archeological evidence directly confirming the earliest sources of it. The name is known to be derived from “taga-ilog” which means settlers of the river in English. No one knows when it began to exist but based on theories.
When did Tagalog language start?
Quezon then, on December 30, 1937, proclaimed the selection of the Tagalog language to be used as the basis for the evolution and adoption of the national language of the Philippines. In 1939, President Quezon renamed the proposed Tagalog-based national language as Wikang Pambansâ (national language).
Who invented Filipino language?
Quezon, regarded as the “Ama ng Wikang Pambansa” (Father of the national language). In 1946, Proclamation No. 35 of March 26 provided for a week-long celebration of the national language.
Is Spanish and Filipino same?
The Tagalog language and Spanish may sound similar at first, but they are technically not the same. For starters, the Spanish language has a Latin origin and is a romance language like French, Italian, Romanian, and Portuguese.
