Why do only Filipinos want to learn Tagalog?

Question

I mean a lot of people want to learn chinese, korean, and especially japanese but the only people who want to learn tagalog are filipinos that were born in america or somethin

Answer 1

Well, the Philippines are where Tagalog is spoken pretty much exclusively. Maybe they want to be able to visit and speak the language ... seems logical.

Answer 2

How to learn Tagalog? When I was studying Korean, I listened to a lot of Korean music. It makes you read faster too. The good thing about Tagalog is that there aren't tagalog characters to study first. And since a lot of Tagalog words are Spanish and the sentence structure is quite similar, I think learning the Tagalog would be a breeze for you.

Answer 3

Filipinos, would say, are one of the most fluent English speaking people in Asia. Indian nationals and Singaporeans also have good command of English. It's like the second language in the Philippines. It's being taught even in grade school and pre-elementary level.

Communication barrier is not a big issue as when you visit other countries especially in the Southeast and East Asian regions so why would a foreigner want to learn it if the natives can understand him/her?

With Filipinos who were born and raised in another country, it could be the sense of belongingness, i don't know. But there's nothing wrong if they want to learn the language.

Answer 4

I am a Filipino. I have learned to speak a little bit of Spanish. Native language is always cool but yea learning foreign stuff is cooler. I also know a lot of foreign mates who are excited to learn Tagalog (for kicks).
For the Filis who were born in America or other countries... well the reason why they want to learn Tagalog is because they're Filipino and they want a bit of the local tongue. Like for example, when you're French and living in the UK people go: "so you're French? Do you speak Francais?" you wouldn't want to look stupid and say "No." So you have to know a little bit.

Answer 5

I'm from Malaysia and I'm learning Tagalog on my own. The Filipinos at the YA/Philippines have been very helpful with my questions regarding Tagalog.

Answer 6

I guess other nations just don't have many chances to speak Tagalog or don't need it, so it's of little use for them to learn it.

I personally am really interested in learning different languages, but the problem is that if I don't use them I'll forget them fast. It takes time and money to learn a language and it's like all that is wasted if you have no use for the language and no chances to speak it.

Answer 7

I don't know the real reason but what I know is that Philippines isn't that popular among other countries.

I have 7 penpals who were asking where is the Philippines. These friends of mine were from other parts of the globe.

Filipinos are born in other countries may realized that they need to study part of their culture or heritage.

I'm a Filipino too.

Answer 8

The fact is, the Filipines is not a major world power and has never been a major world power. The United States is the dominant power in the world both militarily and economically, so everybody in the world who gets an education learns English.
China is becoming a major power, so people are learning that language, but it's an incredibly difficult language for non-natives to learn.
People still learn French because it used to be the dominant language of politics. Spanish is useful because our neighbors (both south of the border and in the house next door) speak Spanish.
There just isn't any reason to learn Tagalog.

Answer 9

I think that it is their native language back in the home land or something. It's a cultural/ethnicity thing.