Tagalog is the main language of Manila. It has derived its name from ‘taga-ilog’ meaning ‘river dweller’. Besides, another Manila language that is widely spoken by the people is English. English is mainly spoken in the government organizations, schools and business transactions.
Since Filipino is the national language, so it is also spoken by a majority of the people in Manila. The other languages of Manila are Spanish and Chinese that is spoken by a small section of the population. The books in Manila are mostly written in Tagalog than any other
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Austronesian language. The national media of Philippines also uses it as the principal language.
The languages that have contributed in the formation of Tagalog language are English, Arabic, Spanish, Old Malay, Chinese, Tamil, Sanskrit and Japanese. It has close association with languages like Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Bikol and Waray-Waray. As it is a Malayo-Polynesian language, it is also related to other Austronesian languages like Tetum, Hawaiian, Malay, Samoan, Paiwan, Chamorro, Fijian, Tahitian, Indonesian and Malagasy.
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