# What's the difference between Tagalog and Filipino?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-tagalog-and-filipino/86457 "2001-10-10T00:22:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-tagalog-and-filipino/86457/21 "2001-10-12T07:15:45Z")

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It was implied by all the excellent posts, but not quite stated for the record, that Tagalog is a cultural group as well as their language - and to some degree, the geographical area, which is around the capital, and hence chosen as the base for the attempted national lingua franca.

The lingua franca in the north in the Cordillera is Ilocano [the language from the coastal north], though… in addition to all the local languages and dialects.

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**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-tagalog-and-filipino/86457/22 "2001-10-12T08:29:29Z")

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I had a Filipina girlfriend about four years ago.  
She got a bit strange so we broke up.

I do remember her _magandan puit_ so well.  
Miss her sometimes…

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**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-tagalog-and-filipino/86457/23 "2001-10-12T09:08:05Z")

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Sorry for the hijack

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