Old Tagalog

proper noun

The unattested early stage of the Tagalog language, spoken and sparsely written in the Baybayin script before Spanish contact, that derived from Central Philippine languages and already containing loanwords from Old Malay, Classical Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Middle Tamil, Classical Persian, Old Javanese, and possibly Medieval Southern Min Chinese and/or Late Middle Chinese, later evolving into Classical Tagalog.

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proper noun
  1. The unattested early stage of the Tagalog language, spoken and sparsely written in the Baybayin script before Spanish contact, that derived from Central Philippine languages and already containing loanwords from Old Malay, Classical Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Middle Tamil, Classical Persian, Old Javanese, and possibly Medieval Southern Min Chinese and/or Late Middle Chinese, later evolving into Classical Tagalog.
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APA

Old Tagalog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Tagalog

MLA

“Old Tagalog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Tagalog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Tagalog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Tagalog.

Source: Old Tagalog on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.