Respuesta :
As a Filipino myself, it is very important to
distinguish tagalog from filipino language. ‘Tagalog’ language was the
foundation of the Philippine language which was used until 1930’s which was
heavily influenced with foreign languages (such as Spanish language) because of
colonization. It was when the regime of Ferdinand Marcos on 1970 that it was
changed into ‘Filipino’ when there was a new constitution and his dream of
building a ‘New World’ for the Filipinos. This time, the foreign terms had its
Filipino word counterparts. If you want to further learn the language, it is
better to start on the grass roots level, such as learning the tagalog basics,
the slowly to Filipino language.
Answer:
As Filipino and English are the national languages of the Philippines, you'll have a much easier time in your travels if you first learn Tagalog, which much of the Filipino language derives from. Tagalog is a language from the Malayo-Polynesian Branch in the Austronesian language family and is spoken by more than half of the population of the Philippines which stands at around 100 million people. While is one of the major foundations for one of the national languages of the Philippines, actually only around a quarter of the Filipino population speak it as a first language.
The majority of people speak English at least at a conversational level. However, this doesn't take anything away from the importance of learning Tagalog. For people who didn't grow up learning English, it's very possible that you won't be able to communicate with them in the slightest. However, the fact of the matter is that no one language will allow you to converse with the entirety of the Filipino population.