Is there a difference between Filipino and Tagalog language?
In the Philippines, there are many dialects. One of these dialects is Tagalog which is mainly spoken in Luzon, particularly in Central Luzon and Southern Luzon, including the then Capital City, Manila. First of all, the word Tagalog was derived from the words “Taga Ilog” (“Taga” is “from” and “Ilog” is ” River”), which means those residing by the river or river dweller,as differentiated from those living around the foot of the mountains. As time went on, Taga Ilog” became Tagalog. In 1937, it was decreed by the National Government to have a basis of a national language, and the Tagalog dialect was chosen. In 1939, President Manuel Quezon declared Tagalog as the National Language. However, there were many dissatisfied speakers of other dialects, especially those from the Visayas who are Cebuano speakers. To appease the complaints, it was decided to change the terminology of the National Language. In 1959, the then Secretary of Education declared that the name of the National Language be
