In some English texts, the plant or the fruit may be called by its local names, which include kugua (, pinyin: kǔguā, " bitter gourd "); parya ( Ilokano ), pare or pare ayam ( Javanese and Indonesian ), pavayka or kayppayka ( Malayalam: പ ാ വയ ് ക ് ക, കയ ് പ ് പക ് ക ), goya ( Okinawan: ゴーヤー ) or nigauri (; although the Okinawan word goya is also used in Japanese ), paakharkaai ( Tamil: ப ா கற ் க ா ய ்), hāgalakāyi ( Kannada: ಹ ಾ ಗಲಕ ಾ ಯ ಿ), ma ' reah ( Khmer: ម ្ រ ះ), kaakarakaya ( Telugu: క ా కరక ా య ), করল া ( korola ) ( Bengali ), ampalaya ( Tagalog ), muop dang () or kho qua ().

A Chinese Filipino (; Hokkien: Huâ-hui ; Cantonese: Wàhfèi ; Tagalog / Filipino: " Tsinoy " ( pronounced ) derived from two words: " Tsino " ( meaning " Chinese ") and " Pinoy " ( the slang word for " Filipino ")) is a Philippine national of Chinese ethnicity, born / raised in the Philippines.

His study of Tagalog has been described as “… the best treatment of any Austronesian language … The result is a description of Tagalog which has never been surpassed for completeness, accuracy, and wealth of exemplification .”

Tagalog is also widely spoken among the people.

Heinlein reveals near the end of Starship Troopers that the novel's protagonist and narrator, Johnny Rico, the formerly disaffected scion of a wealthy family, is Filipino, actually named " Juancita Rico " and speaks Tagalog in addition to English.

It is related to the Tagalog language of the Philippines as well as the languages spoken by the indigenous people of Taiwan and Sri Lanka.

The first written record of Tagalog is in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, written in 900, using fragments of the language along with Sanskrit, Malay, and Javanese.

Meanwhile, the first known book to be written in Tagalog is the Doctrina Cristiana ( Christian Doctrine ) of 1593.

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In the Philippines, it often is labeled as sukang maasim ( Tagalog for " sour vinegar ").

Although Arabic is the official language of the country, English, Urdu, Hindi, Tagalog, Persian and many other languages are widely spoken and understood.

The Visayas or Visayan Islands ( Visayan languages: Kabisay-an, Tagalog: Kabisayaan ), is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Mindanao and Luzon.

During her time in the Philippines, Torres learned to speak Tagalog, the main language of the country and she had a four-year relationship with Filipino actor Aga Muhlach, who is now married to Charlene Gonzalez, Miss Universe 1994 top 6 finalist.

While Espanyol is used in Tagalog and other languages of the Philippines, the word Kastilà is more frequently used.

For example, in Tagalog, a grammatical form similar to the active voice is formed by adding the infix ⟨ um ⟩ near the beginning of a verb.

This usage is also popular among the speakers of the Batangan dialect of Tagalog, while some actors and politicians such as Philippine President Benigno Aquino III have been known to use the Tagalog exclusive form in giving interviews.

In documents predating Tejeros and the First Philippine Republic, Bonifacio is called the president of the " Tagalog Republic ".

Manila Sound is a sub-genre popular in the Philippines ( notably in Manila during the 1970s which combined elements of Filipino folk music, rock and roll, jazz and disco using Taglish ( mixed English and Tagalog ).

For example, while a horse in Spanish is " caballo " ( pronounced ), the same word in Tagalog is " kabayo ".

She is fluent in English, Tagalog, Spanish and several other Philippine languages, most importantly, Kapampangan, Ilokano, and Cebuano.

It is traditionally worn over a white or ecru dress for females or an ecru barong Tagalog and black pants for males, although there has been instances wherein the Sablay is worn over other indigenous clothing.

While at the University of Illinois Bloomfield undertook research on Tagalog, an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines.

The Austronesian language includes the languages of the Philippines and most of the languages of Indonesia ( excluding inland New Guinea ), such as Malay ( Indonesian ) and Tagalog ( Filipino ).

The word is thought to originate from the Austronesian languages Polynesian, Tagalog, and Malay word kutu, meaning a parasitic biting insect, or kudis ( pronounced kuːdiːs ), meaning scabies.

Some languages have no allowed strategies at all past a certain point — e. g. in many Austronesian languages, such as Tagalog, all relative clauses must have the shared noun serving the subject role in the embedded clause.

The Tagbanwa languages ( Aborlan, Calamian, and Central ), which are Austronesian languages with about 8, 000 speakers in the central and northern regions of Palawan, are dying out as the younger generations of Tagbanwa are learning Cuyonon and Tagalog.

An illustrative lexeme is Alocasia ( evidently an Austronesian loan: Tagalog ).

* Tagalog, an Austronesian language, mothers can be called nánay or ináy ( diminutives of iná " mother "), and dads tátay ( by contrast, not related to amá " father ").

* Austronesian: Atayal, Cebuano, Cham, Ilokano, Indonesian, Javanese, Malay, Paiwan, Sundanese, Tagalog, Tetum

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87. 40 % spoke English ( only ), 5. 70 % Spanish and 2. 80 % Tagalog as their first language.

92. 2 % spoke English, 2. 5 % Spanish and 2. 2 % Tagalog as their first language.

92. 5 % spoke English, 2. 5 % Spanish and 2. 2 % Tagalog as their first language.

At home the percentages of the languages residents speak are English 70. 47 %, Spanish 6. 26 %, Chinese 5. 96 %, Japanese 2. 70 %, Mandarin 1. 80 %, Cantonese 1. 57 %, Persian 1. 43 %, Tagalog 1. 30 %, Korean 1. 08 %, French 0. 90 %, German 0. 83 %, Formosan 0. 73 %, Italian 0. 66 %, Vietnamese 0. 57 %, Urdu 0. 50 %, and 3. 23 % of people spoke some other language which represented less than 0. 50 % of the population.

As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as their first language accounted for 51. 63 % of residents, while English was spoken by 46. 07 %, Tagalog was spoken by 1. 05 %, Vietnamese was spoken by 0. 68 %, Korean was spoken by 0. 37 %, French by 0. 17 % of the population.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 54. 71 % of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 41. 80 %, French Creole made up 1. 57 %, Tagalog was at 1. 32 %, and French was the mother tongue for 0. 57 % of the population.

As of 2000, before being annexed to Palmetto Bay, English was a first language for 65. 56 % of all residents, while Spanish comprised 28. 78 %, Portuguese accounted for 1. 53 %, Italian made up 0. 66 %, French was at 0. 62 %, and both Chinese and Tagalog were the mother tongue for 0. 47 % of the population.

As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as a first language accounted for 64. 83 % of residents, while English made up 31. 02 %, French Creole was at 4. 01 %, and Tagalog was the mother tongue of 0. 12 % of the population.

As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language were at 61. 50 %, while Spanish was spoken by 25. 27 %, French Creole at 8. 50 %, French 1. 71 %, Tagalog which consisted of 1. 60 %, and German was spoken by 0. 88 % of the population.

As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 66. 25 % of residents, while Spanish made up 28. 14 %, French Creole was at 4. 64 %, and Tagalog was the mother tongue of 0. 95 % of the population.

As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 69. 9 % of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 24. 1 %, French Creole made up 2. 0 %, Italian was at 1. 1 %, German speakers were at 0. 9 %, French was spoken by 0. 8 %, Portuguese was at 0. 6 %, Polish at 0. 4 %, and Tagalog was a mother tongue for 0. 3 % of the population.

In 1937, the government selected Tagalog, the dialect of Manila, as the national language, although it would be many years before usage became general.

A deliberation was held and Tagalog ( due to its extensive literary tradition ) was selected as the basis for the " national language " to be called " Pilipino ".