Old Tagalog


Old Tagalog, 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.

Etymology

The word Tagalog is derived from the endonym ', composed of ' and . Very little is known about the ancient history of the language; linguists such as David Zorc and Robert Blust speculate that the Tagalogs and other Central Philippine ethno-linguistic groups had originated in Northeastern Mindanao or the Eastern Visayas.

History

Old Tagalog is one of the Central Philippine languages, which evolved from the Proto-Philippine language, which comes from the Austronesian peoples who settled in the Philippines 2,000 years ago.
The early history of the Tagalog language remains relatively obscure, and a number of theories exist as to the exact origins of the Tagalog peoples and their language. Scholars such as Robert Blust suggest that the Tagalogs originated in northeastern Mindanao or the eastern Visayas. Possible words of Old Tagalog origin are attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription from the 10th century, which is largely written in Old Malay. The first known complete book to be written in Tagalog is the Doctrina Christiana, printed in 1593. The book also used Baybayin script.
The question has been raised about the origin of some words in the various languages of the Philippines and their possible connection to ancient Buddhist and Hindu culture in the region, as the language is influenced by Sanskrit, Malay, Tamil and Chinese.

Writing system

Old Tagalog was written in Baybayin, the parent script of Tagalog script which belongs to the Brahmic family of scripts. Loanwords from Malay and Sanskrit were written in the Kawi script because they could not be represented in Baybayin.

Phonology

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LabialDental/
Alveolar		Postalveolar/
Palatal		VelarGlottal
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Stop
Fricative
Tap
Approximant

Vocabulary

  • The words and sentences of Old Tagalog are the roots of the Modern Tagalog language. Some of the words and sentences have evolved over time, but some of the words in Old Tagalog, have survived and are in common use in Modern Tagalog.

    Other terms influenced by Sanskrit

As in most Austronesian languages, the Sanskrit vocabulary incorporated into Tagalog are mostly borrowed indirectly via Malay or Javanese. Examples include:
Tagalog
SanskritMeaning in Tagalog
Agham Āgama, meaning acquisition of knowledge, scienceScience
Antala Antara, meaning duration, gapDelay
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