What is the difference between Tagalog and Filipino?

Answer 1

Tagalog used to be the Philippine National Language. Its existence can be trace back from the pre-Spanish Era. Tagalog is an olden language. Rajah Sulaiman was the Datu of the Tagalog Kingdom. The Tagalog people are the people who lived beside the Ilog Pasig, hence the term "taga-ilog", contracted to Tagalog. The Tagalog alphabet also known as the "abakada" is comprised of these following letters: A B K D E G H I L M N NG S T U W Y. To pronounce them, A BA KA DA EH GA HA I LA MA NA NGA PA RA SA TA U WA YA. The congress changed the National Language to Filipino in order to unity, because aside from the Tagalog Language, in our country, the Philippines, we have Cebuano, Illongo, Ilocano, Bicolano, Kapampangan and many other Languages. Although the Filipino Language is mostly based on Tagalog. It offers "direct adaptation" of words or what we call transliteration. For example, the english word "dictionary", when translated to Tagalog, it is "talatinigan". But the Filipino Language offers more freedom hence the word "diksyunaryo". Other examples are: "airplane = eroplano" "television = telebisyon" "computer = kompyuter" "action = aksyon" "doctor = doktor/duktor" "magazine = magasin". The Filipino alphabet is comprised of these letters; a b c d e f g  h i j k l m n "enye" ng o p q r s t u v w x y z hence english words can be adapted as a Filipino word like cellphone, DVD player, or even the word "polo". Tagalog is more of the past language, although it is the basis of the Filipino Language, Filipino language can adapt words from other native languages such as the word pangga.  The Filipino Language was created to promote unity and equality among the native languages in the Philippines, it also gave the Filipinos the capability to adapt to modern English words.