Tagala

noun

Ta·​ga·​la

tə11 gälə

plural -s

: a subgroup of Austronesian languages of the Philippines

—used in former classifications

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, feminine of tagalo Tagalog, from Tagalog Tagalog

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