Classical Tagalog

Proper noun

 * 1) The older form of Tagalog spoken and written in the Philippines from about 1565  to 1897, before soon developing into Modern Tagalog (Filipino) by the time of the  and subsequent  to present. It developed from Old Tagalog after Christianization in the , with heavy influence from Spanish ( and , including influence from  (Aztec) and ), Chinese (especially Hokkien), and Japanese. This was also when it first started being written in the Latin script and later the  script becoming sparsely rarely written.

Coordinate terms

 * (Ancient / Early Tagalog)
 * Modern Tagalog
 * (Ancient / Early Tagalog)
 * Modern Tagalog
 * Modern Tagalog

Translations

 * Tagalog: Klasikong Tagalog