Old Tagalog | |
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ᬢᬕ᭄ᬮ | |
Pronunciation | [t̪ɐ̞gal̪og] |
Region | Philippines, particularly the present-day regions of Calabarzon and Mimaropa |
Era | 10th century AD (developed into Classical Tagalog in c. 16th century; continued as modern Southern Tagalog dialects spoken in Aurora,[1] Calabarzon, and Mimaropa, most popular is the Batangas dialect.) |
Baybayin Luzon Kawi (before c. 1300) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Old Tagalog, also known as Old Filipino (Tagalog: Lumang Tagalog; Baybayin: pre-virama: , post-virama [krus kudlit]: ; post-virama [pamudpod]: ), is the earliest form of the Tagalog language during the Classical period. It is the primary language of pre-colonial Tondo, Namayan and Maynila. The language originated from the Proto-Philippine language and evolved to Classical Tagalog, which was the basis for Modern Tagalog. Old Tagalog uses the Tagalog script or Baybayin, one of the scripts indigenous to the Philippines.