FilipinoLanguageMelbourne.org.au
Title
Learn Tagalog the Filipino Language at School in Melbourne
Description
Tagalog, Filipino or Pilipino is the official language of the Philippines
Tagalog is an Austronesian language with about 60 million speakers in the Philippines, particularly in Manila, the northern areas including most of Luzon and Mindoro. It is also spoken in Canada, Guam, Midway Islands, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, UK and USA.
The Tagalog, Baybayin or Alibata alphabet is one of a number of closely related scripts used in the Philippines until the 17th Century AD. It probably developed from the Kawi script of Java, Bali and Sumatra, which in turn descended from the Pallava script, one of the southern Indian scripts derived from Brahmi.
Within the Philippines there are eight distinct major languages and about 80 ethnolanguages that are permutations of these eight languages. Children in the Philippines are taught in kindergarten through third grade in their own local language. English is introduced in the fourth grade. English is the language of choice to conduct official business. Many historical documents were written in Pilipino or Tagalog before English was introduced into the Filipino society.
