2006-12-30 04:10:29 · 4 answers · asked by dackswaffo 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
A little bit of history from a faint memory:
Tagalog came from the words "Taga-ilog" which literally translated mean "(person who lives) by the river". The president during the post-war era (if memory serves me correctly) officially declared Tagalog as the national language in order to have uniformity in the government and schools.
Filipino then was the citizenship of a person born in that country.
Approximately in the year 2004, the Philippine government passed a law that the national language be called Filipino, and increased the letters in the national alphabet. Thus, the language and the person is the same: Filipino.
2007-01-02 20:09:29 · answer #1 · answered by tranquil 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I spent 2 years in the Philippines and as far as I know Filipino refers to the nationality of the people and Tagalog refers to the language they speak.
2006-12-30 04:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by Robin L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tagalog is one of the Philippines dialect and Filipino is the Philippines' Nationality.
2006-12-30 04:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tagalog is a language used in philippines. filipino is the person who lives there.
2006-12-30 08:44:09 · answer #4 · answered by zsarrone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋