Old Tagalog
| Old Tagalog | |
|---|---|
| ᜆᜄᜎᜓ | |
| Pronunciation | [t̪ɐ̞gal̪og] |
| Region | Philippines, particularly the present-day regions of Calabarzon and Mimaropa |
| Era | 10th century AD (developed into Classical Tagalog in c. 16th century; continued as modern Southern Tagalog dialects spoken in Aurora, Calabarzon, and Mimaropa, most popular is the Batangas dialect.) |
| Baybayin Luzon Kawi (before c. 1300) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Old Tagalog (Tagalog: Lumang Tagalog; Baybayin: pre-virama: , post-virama [krus kudlit]: ; post-virama [pamudpod]: ᜎᜓᜋᜅ᜕ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜕) refers to the unattested, pre-Hispanic stage of the Tagalog language. The language originated from the Proto-Philippine language and evolved to Classical Tagalog spoken during Spanish occupation, which was the basis for Modern Tagalog. Old Tagalog sparsely used Baybayin, one of the scripts indigenous to the Philippines.
No manuscripts, inscriptions, or written records in Tagalog are known from the pre-colonial period.