Speak and Learn Tagalog

Ang Abakada The Tagalog alphabet consists of 20 letters. Aa Bb Kk Dd Ee Gg Hh Ii Ll Mm Nn Ng Oo Pa Rr Ss Tt Uu Ww Yy The Tagalog alphabet is spoken and written this way. A Ba Ka Da E Ga Ha I La Ma Na Nga O Pa Ra Sa Ta U Wa Ya In contrast, the Filipino alphabet consists of 28 letters. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ng Ññ Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz It is like the English alphabet with the addition of Tagalog Nga and Spanish Ñ. Vocabulary Tagalog Filipino English Spanish Pilipino Filipino Filipino filipino Ingles Ingles English inglés kastila kastila, espanyol Spanish español abakada alpabeto alphabet alfabeto titik letra letter letra sulat sulat letter, mail correo koreyo koreyo post office oficina postal talasalitaan bukabularyo vocabulary vocabulario The above table shows an example how both the Tagalog and Filipino vocabulary have been enriched through the Spanish and American era. In conversational Filipino, you would often hear a mix o