fil to tl redirect - Langcom

31 Jul 2026


      Hi,
There's a proposal to redirect the domains with the fil language
("Filipino") to domains with tl language code ("Tagalog").
Links:
*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee#c-Sky_Harbor-2026072...
* https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T432946
The affected domains will be:
fil.wikipedia.org -> tl.wikipedia.org
fil.wiktionary.org -> tl.wiktionary.org
fil.wikibooks.org -> tl.wikibooks.org
fil.wikiquote.org -> tl.wikiquote.org
fil.wikisource.org -> tl.wikisource.org
We already have redirects from cz to cs (Czech), dk to da (Danish), and tj
to tg (Tajik), although these are a bit different: they redirect from the
*country* code of the country where the language is mainly spoken to the
language code. Also, cz, dk, and tj are not valid two-letter language codes.
fil is a valid language code and not a code of a country.
I don't know this language, but I usually see that "Filipino" and "Tagalog"
are essentially different names for the same language, and while they are
distinguished for social and political purposes, they are essentially one
language. Ethnologue describes Filipino as "Primarily based on Tagalog
[tgl] with some terminology imported from other regional languages".
I think that the Language committee is not supposed to be opposed to this
request, but perhaps someone is opposed to it?
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