Tagalog (wikang Tagalog)
Tagalog (tl, tgl) is a world language. Wikidata records about 23.6M speakers. It is written in Filipino alphabet.
Filipino/Tagalog uses Latin script and frequently code-switches with English (Taglish), especially in informal content.
Expect text translated from English into Tagalog to grow by roughly 20–35%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 1,778,009 people aged 5+ speak Tagalog at home (Census ACS), and 540,724 of them (30%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Tagalog translators and interpreters.
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Rates for Tagalog translation
Tagalog falls in our south & southeast asian band: roughly $0.06–$0.14 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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