More than two percent of Californians speak Tagalog, making the language native to the Philippines the most common foreign dialogue spoken in the state of California, after Spanish.
There are about 832,024 Californians who speak Tagalog at home.
Tagalog is also the most commonly spoken foreign language after Spanish in the states of Washington and Nevada.
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Tagalog or Filipino? Experts set record straight on national language
DARAGA, Albay — If you’re one of the many who often say “Tagalog” when you actually mean “Filipino” when asked about the national language of the Philippines, you are not alone. In fact, according to ...
Posted: August 4, 2025, 9:17 am
Is Tagalog the same language as Filipino? Not exactly.
According to the 2021 Census conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), out of the 310,000 Filipino migrants in Australia, 40.4% stated they speak Tagalog at home, while only 28.2% ...
Posted: June 11, 2025, 5:00 pm
Harvard teaching Tagalog course for the first time in nearly 400-year history
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of South Asian Studies of prestigious Ivy League school Harvard University will be teaching a Tagalog course in the next academic year. This will be the first time ...
Posted: March 28, 2023, 10:20 am
Learning Filipino or Tagalog about fostering family connections, exploring heritage
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Jay-R De Lara, who ...
Posted: October 4, 2022, 5:00 am
‘Ewan Lang’: Liberating Tagalog poetry from tradition
Are Jose Corazon de Jesus and Florentino Collantes turning in their graves? Is Alejandro Abadilla furious at the present state of Tagalog free verse? No doubt Rolando Tinio will rejoice at the ...
Posted: August 28, 2020, 2:35 am
Study: Tagalog California's Most Commonly Spoken Foreign Language After Spanish
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Nagsasalita ako ng tagalog. I speak Tagalog. A whopping 2.1 percent of Californians speak Tagalog, making the language native to the Philippines the most common foreign ...
Posted: July 7, 2017, 8:00 pm
Tagalog is 2nd-most common mother tongue in Winnipeg
The Filipino language of Tagalog is the second-most common mother tongue in Winnipeg, edging out French, the latest census figures show. Statistics Canada says Tagalog is the first language spoken by ...
Posted: October 24, 2012, 4:43 pm
It’s nice to know that even Californians speaks Tagalog and were so proud of our language because there are so many foreigners who like speaking Tagalog. But however, it’s sad to say that there are Filipinos who can’t speak Tagalog simply because it is not their mother tongue.