INTRODUCTIONSpoken by over 28 million people worldwide, Tagalog is the national language and one of two official languages ​​in the Philippines, the other being English. Tagalog, also called Filipino, is considered the most important of the many languages ​​and dialects of the Philippines, because it is the best understood and most developed. It is spoken primarily in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and the eight surrounding provinces, including the provinces of Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite Batangas, Quezon, Mindoro, Marinduque, and Bulacan. It is also spoken in many outer islands and port cities throughout the archipelago. Today, Tagalog is spoken as a first language by approximately 23 million people and as a second language by over 66 million people. ORIGIN Tagalog is one of many dialects derived from the Malay language family and belongs to the Malay branch of Greater Malay-Polynesian. linguistic family. The Malay language is not specifically the language of one nation, but of communities scattered throughout the Pacific islands such as Sumara, Sunda, Java, Bornea, Flores, Timor and the Philippines. In the early 16th century the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his Malay interpreter both noted how the interpreter could be easily understood from island to island, indicating that there was a similarity between the different dialects of the Malay language. Tagalog can mostly attribute its influence from Spanish, but contains some minor influences from Sanskrit, Arabic, and some other Semitic languages. Found in the oldest dictionaries of the Philippines, the 1832 Noceda and Sanlucar dictionary contains 16,842 Tagalog roots of which 284...... in the center of the paper...... as a form of expression faithful to the Philippine identity. Teodore M Locsin of the Philippines Free Press wrote: "If English, then, were the national language... English is not ours, no matter how much mastery we acquire of it. First should be Filipino, for we must have a common language this is ours. “Locsin was just one example of the sentiment among educated and articulate members of the community. Today, there is a growing interest in learning Tagalog around the world. Foreign embassies around the world are requesting materials of studying the Tagalog language. The National Language Institute has received numerous requests from countries in South America, Africa and Europe, all eager to learn the language. In the United States, many universities are starting to teach Tagalog as a second language. Examples are Harvard, Yale, etc.