Tagalog people
The Tagalog people (Tagalog: Mga Tagalog) are the largest single ethnic, linguistic, and cultural group and community in the Philippines. An Austronesian people, the Tagalog people are local natural born in Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions of southern Luzon. They include the majority of people in the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, and Aurora in the Central Luzon region and in the islands of Marinduque and Oriental Mindoro/Occidental Mindoro in Mimaropa regions.
Katagalugan Lahing Tagalog | |
|---|---|
 A maginoo (nobility) couple, both wearing blue-colored clothing articles (blue being the distinctive color of their class), c. 16th century. | |
| Total population | |
| 28,273,666 (2020 census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Philippines(Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Mimaropa) | |
| Languages | |
| Tagalog (Filipino), English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (mostly Catholic), minority Islam, Buddhism, Anitism (Tagalog religion) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Filipino ethnic groups, other Austronesian peoples |
Speakers
[change | change source]They mainly use and speak the Tagalog language as their native and first language, all before they learn the English language through international and national mass media and through education in schools, and the Filipino language but through national mass media, education in schools and through communicating with other Filipinos in the Philippines that are not Tagalog people and who also learned the Filipino as a second language through national mass media, education in schools and through communicating with other Filipinos in the Philippines who also learned the same language.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.