Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
We speak Tagalog
Tagalog translation:
nagsasalita kami ng tagalog
Added to glossary by
Eric Gross
Jul 12, 2007 22:09
16 yrs ago
English term
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Your friend in reaching new horizons
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
We speak Tagalog
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English to Tagalog
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
I saw this as "Nagsasalita kami ng Tagalog" or as "nagtatagalog kami".
But how do I write it? Doesn't Tagalog have characters?
But how do I write it? Doesn't Tagalog have characters?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | nagsasalita kami ng tagalog |
Eric Gross
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| 5 | nagsasalita kami ng tagalog |
asianlily (X)
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Jul 16, 2007 19:11: Eric Gross Created KOG entry
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Eric Gross
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Native in: English 
Works in: Tagalog to English, English to Tagalog, Hiligaynon to English
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nagsasalita kami ng tagalog
Hi, there.
Beyond re-entering the target term again and to answer your question, we have to delve into some history.
Before the Spanish arrived in the Philippines, a prevalent script called "baybayin" (This was over 400 years ago.) was used, but over time the friars and missionaries imposed the romanized alaphabet. It's interesting to speculate what writing would look like today if colonization had not occured - same is true in Indonesia, Vietnam, ... . Sorry, I'm rambling.
In short, Tagalog and the other Philippine languages use the roman alphabet.
Beyond re-entering the target term again and to answer your question, we have to delve into some history.
Before the Spanish arrived in the Philippines, a prevalent script called "baybayin" (This was over 400 years ago.) was used, but over time the friars and missionaries imposed the romanized alaphabet. It's interesting to speculate what writing would look like today if colonization had not occured - same is true in Indonesia, Vietnam, ... . Sorry, I'm rambling.
In short, Tagalog and the other Philippine languages use the roman alphabet.
Peer comment(s):
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Hila A
: I can't help but to agree. Eric, really, you're deep. Probably, our writing would have looked like that of the Chinese since they had already made trade with the natives before the colonization of the Spaniards.
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Thanks, Hilda :) - eh, i guess mahilig ako sa history
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nagsasalita kami ng tagalog
i agree with the earlier translation but if u were trying to say that u know how to speak the Philippine Language in general, it would be more correct if u will say "Nagsasalita kami ng Filipino." Tagalog is only one of the many dialects in the Philippines which were spoken by those who lives in the National Capital Region (NCR) and some provinces in the periphery of NCR.
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