Luzvimindan Project

Are Tagalog, and Filipino one and the same?  The answer to the question is probably easy, most will answer yes, while it is true that there is some difference between Tagalog and Filipino, in this article we will discuss, why and how it is essentially one and the same. Context, context, context... Are Tagalog, and Filipino one the same? Short answer, yes and no. Why? Essentially Tagalog, and Filipino is different. Filipino is simply a dialect of Tagalog much like Batangueno Tagalog, Bulacan Tagalog, Marinduque Tagalog, etc. However, vis-à-vis with Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, and the other native languages in the country, Tagalog, and Filipino dissipates into one. It is like asking if British English, and American English is different. In essence, they are but in a context where we ask if they are of different languages they are not, since both of them is simply a dialect of English. Such is the case with Filipino, and Tagalog, they are simply one language. The ...