Malditah Musings

Any problems with Filipino/ Tagalog being the national language n the Philippines?

the OFFICIAL national language is FILIPINO…not tagalog!!!
as we all know the philippines has so many dialects like cebuano, ilocano, etc. and tagalog is just one of them. it is precisely this reason – to prevent regional bickering – that filipino was declared THE official national language. yes, it’s true, tagalog (the dialect) was based mainly on filipino (the language) but on closer analysis, one would see the big difference. tagalog is basically still riddled with hispanic words (e.g., silya, mesa, libro, etc.) while filipino is a pure language – almost like old school – with such words as salungpuwit, hapag kainan, aklat, etc.).

so yes there will be a problem if tagalog would be made the official language.

so for now and for always, filipino it is!!!

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