INTRODUCTIONSSpoken by more than 28 million people worldwide, Tagalog is the national language and one of the two official languages ​​of the Philippines, the other being English. Tagalog, also called Filipino, is considered the most important of the Philippines' many languages ​​and dialects, as it is the most understood and developed. It is mainly spoken in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and the eight surrounding provinces, including Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite Batangas, Quezon, Mindoro, Marinduque and Bulacan. It is also spoken on many remote islands and port towns in the archipelago. Today, Tagalog is spoken as a first language by approximately 23 million people and as a second language by more than 66 million people. ORIGIN Tagalog is one of several dialects derived from the Malay language family and belongs to the branch Malay of the great Malayo-Polynesian dialect. linguistic family. The Malay language is not specifically the language of a nation, but of communities spread across the Pacific Islands such as Sumara, Sunda, Java, Bornea, Flores, Timor and the Philippines. In the early 16th century, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his Malay interpreter both noted how easily the interpreter could be understood from island to island, indicating that there was a similarity between the different dialects of the Malay language. Tagalog can primarily attribute its influence to Spanish, but it contains some minor influences from Sanskrit, Arabic, and a few other Semitic languages. Found in the oldest dictionaries in the Philippines, the Noceda and Sanlucar Dictionary of 1832 contains 16,842 Tagalog roots of which 284...... middle of paper ...... as a form of expression true to the Filipino identity. Teodore M Locsin of the Philippines Free Press wrote: “Should English then be the national language...English is not ours, no matter how much fluency we gain in it. The first should be Filipino, because we must have a common language. it's ours. "Locsin was just a sample of the feeling among the educated and articulate members of the community. Today, there is a growing interest in learning Tagalog all over the world. Foreign embassies around the world are requesting Tagalog language study materials The National Language Institute has received multiple requests from countries in South America, Africa and Europe, all eager to learn the language. United, many universities are starting to teach Tagalog as a second language. Examples are Harvard, Yale, etc...