What is the difference between Tagalog, Filipino and Pilipino?

Question

Wikipedia says : "Filipino (formerly Pilipino) is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standardized version of Tagalog, though is de jure distinct from it."
How is it distinct? And why the change from Pilipino to Filipino?

Answer 1

Tagalog, which was derived from the word "taga-ilog" -- is a dialect of the Tagalog people, i.e., Manila, Bulacan, Bataan, Batangas, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, and Quezon.

The Tagalog dialect became the main reference of the Pilipino language because it has been the second medium of communication ever since it was launched officially in the world.

The only distinction and why it is change from Pilipino to Filipino is the revised alphabet letters, wherein the Pilipino Alphabet has included English and Spanish letters, thus the change to Filipino.

The Pilipino language has these alphabet letters:

A, B, K, D, E, G, H, I, L, M, N, NG, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, and Y

while the Filipino language has these alphabet letters:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J ,K, L, M, N, Ñ, NG, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U ,V ,W ,X ,Y, and Z

Answer 2

Tagalog is a dialect of some of the provinces in the Philippines. It was made into the official national language of the country. PILIPINO could refer to a native of the country, the Philippines or another word for Filipino language. FILIPINO is either the English word of Pilipino or another term for the official language of Philippines. It could also refer to you, who is a Filipino. That's the reason why some Ilocanos or Visayans, among others, are upset about the name of of the Philippine language. Tagalog was chosen to be the national language instead of their dialect like Bisaya, Ilokano, etc. So, if somebody ask you what the name is of your language, you answer them FILIPINO. You speak Filipino, which is technically , Tagalog dialect. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

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What is the difference between Tagalog, Filipino and Pilipino?
Wikipedia says : "Filipino (formerly Pilipino) is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standardized version of Tagalog, though is de jure distinct from it."
How is it distinct? And why the change from Pilipino to Filipino?

Answer 4

Tagalog is one of the many dialects in the philippines like cebuano, ilongo, ilocano and others while Filipino is the official and national language of the philippines. A Filipino could mean the citizen of the philippines

However, Pilipino is the tagalog or filipino (language) translation of Filipino as a citizen

in other words, tagalog and filipino are 2 different languages ( but similar in some aspects) while Pilipino refers to the filipino as a citizen in tagalog/filipino translation.

ex. (english) (filipino)
teacher = titser/guro
filipino = pilipino
chauffeur = tsuper
leader = lider

Filipino/Tagalog: "Ako ay Pilipino."
English: "I am a Filipino".

Answer 5

Tagalog is the official language of the Philippines....one of many different dialects. I don't know why the name was changed from Filipino to Pilipino...maybe it was just a way to Anglicize it.

Answer 6

Filipino is the official language of the Philippines. Most of the words in Filipino are Tagalog (a dialect and group of people in Luzon, Philippines). It also includes words borrowed from other dialects and foreign languages.

Answer 7

There was once a story that TAGALOG evolve from the word TAGA-ILOG. During the spanish regime, the people living along the pasig river were called taga-ilog but the spaniards can not pronounce the word taga-ilog so they shorten it to tagalog. FILIPINOS are the citizens of the Philippines and PILIPINO is the official language. are you satisfied?

Answer 8

Filipino is tagalog but has words from other dialects.