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Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [3] [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.
Persian is a member of the Western Iranian group of the Iranian languages, which make up a branch of the Indo-European languages in their Indo-Iranian subdivision.The Western Iranian languages themselves are divided into two subgroups: Southwestern Iranian languages, of which Persian is the most widely spoken, and Northwestern Iranian languages, of which Kurdish and Balochi are the most widely ...
The Tagalog Wikipedia was launched on 1 December 2003, [citation needed] as the first Wikipedia in a language of the Philippines . As of 3 February 2011, it has more than 50,000 articles. [ 2] Bantayan, Cebu became the 10,000th article on 20 October 2007, while Pasko sa Pilipinas ( Christmas in the Philippines) became the 15,000th article on 24 ...
ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. [ 1] Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). [ 2] Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3, defines the three-letter codes, aiming to cover all known natural ...
The Persian word پَری parī comes from Middle Persian parīg, itself from Old Persian * parikā-. [4] The word may stem from the same root as the Persian word par 'wing', [5] although other proposed etymologies exist. [4] The etymological relation to the English word "fairy" is disputed. Some argue that there is no relation and that both ...
The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As of August 2024, it has 1,010,518 articles, 1,332,530 registered users, and 91,962 files, and it is the 19th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 22nd in terms of depth among Wikipedias. It passed 1,000 articles on 16 December 2004, and 200,000 on 10 July 2012.
An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...
The Academy of Persian Language and Literature ( APLL) ( Persian: فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی, Farhangestân-e Zabân-o Adab-e Fârsi) is the regulatory body for the Persian language, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Formerly known as the Academy of Iran ( فرهنگستان ایران, Farhangestân-e Iran ), it was founded ...