Tagalog-English/English-Tagalog Standard Dictionary, Paperback

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Tagalog, also known as Pilipino, is the national language of the Philippines and has over 17 million speakers worldwide. Now expanded and completely updated, this best-selling reference is designed for students of Tagalog and native or heritage Tagalog speakers in need of a bilingual dictionary. Filipino Americans number over 3. 8 million, making them the second largest Asian American community after Chinese Americans. Large Filipino immigrant communities are also found in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Japan and Australia. Tagalog Standard Dictionary: Revised & Expanded Edition includes a grammatical introduction to the language, a vocabulary appendix with numbers and menu terms. It provides over 20, 000 total dictionary entries, with idiomatic expressions, slang, loan words and derivations.