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Tagalog to Kapampangan Translation

Translate Tagalog to Kapampangan instantly, then check the result against a 372-entry phrasebook compiled by hand rather than generated by the tool.

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Tagalog phrases with Kapampangan translations

372 entries across 24 categories, compiled from published references rather than generated by the tool above. This set is compiled from general reference and is awaiting confirmation from native speakers, which is why each entry carries a pending-review marker.

TagalogKapampanganEnglish
Magandang umagaMayap a abakGood morning
Magandang haponMayap a gatpanapunGood afternoon
Magandang gabiMayap a bengiGood evening
Magandang arawMayap a aldoGood day
Kumusta ka?Komusta ka?How are you?
Mabuti namanMayap ku namanI'm fine
PaalamMako na kuGoodbye
SalamatSalamatThank you
Maraming salamatDakal a salamatThank you very much
Walang anumanAla yang anumanYou're welcome
All 372 phrases

How Tagalog and Kapampangan differ

Tagalog and Kapampangan sit on separate branches of Austronesian: Tagalog in the Central Philippine group, Kapampangan in the Central Luzon group. They are related in the way English and Russian are related — the same family, far enough apart that the relationship is a fact about history rather than something a speaker can use.

No, and this surprises people, because Pampanga borders the Tagalog provinces. Kapampangan belongs to the Central Luzon branch, not Central Philippine, and it is the deepest split on this site: nanu for what, ninu for who, lagyu for name, wa for yes, ali for no. Almost nothing in a Kapampangan sentence is guessable from Tagalog. The proximity on a map is not proximity in the family tree.

Tagalog is the basis of Filipino, the national language, so its vocabulary reaches every province through school and media — which is why speakers of the other seven usually understand it and the reverse is rarely true. Kapampangan is the outlier of the group: its question words (nanu, ninu, nokarin) and its word for name (lagyu) share no root with any of its neighbours, and its pronouns cliticise in ways Tagalog speakers find unparseable.

Words that exist in both languages and mean different things

These are where confident readers get caught, and where the translator above is least reliable — a word it does not recognise is passed through unchanged, which can land in the other language as a real word with an unrelated meaning.

  • apo

    Tagalog: A grandchild.

    Kapampangan: A grandparent — the opposite generation to the Tagalog sense.

  • daya

    Tagalog: Deceit, cheating.

    Kapampangan: Blood.

  • ari

    Tagalog: Property; also a coarse term for genitalia.

    Kapampangan: A king.

  • asan

    Tagalog: Where — the colloquial contraction of nasaan.

    Kapampangan: A fish.

Machine translation across Philippine languages fails in patterns rather than at random. We wrote up what those patterns are and why they happen, measured against Ilocano.

How accurate is it?

Neither Tagalog nor Kapampangan is a well-resourced language, and there is very little direct training data between them. The engine translates through English internally, so every result here is two translations stacked on top of each other, and the errors of the first are carried into the second.

We ran all 372 translatable entries in this phrasebook through the translator above and compared each against the human-written Kapampangan. It matched or came close 51.1% of the time.

The reverse direction is not equivalent. Tagalog → Kapampangan scored 51.1% and Kapampangan → Tagalog scored 60.9% — a gap of 9.8 points on the same phrase set, so the other direction is the one to trust more.

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Common questions

Is Tagalog the same as Kapampangan?
Tagalog and Kapampangan sit on separate branches of Austronesian: Tagalog in the Central Philippine group, Kapampangan in the Central Luzon group. They are related in the way English and Russian are related — the same family, far enough apart that the relationship is a fact about history rather than something a speaker can use.
Can a Tagalog speaker understand Kapampangan?
No, and this surprises people, because Pampanga borders the Tagalog provinces. Kapampangan belongs to the Central Luzon branch, not Central Philippine, and it is the deepest split on this site: nanu for what, ninu for who, lagyu for name, wa for yes, ali for no. Almost nothing in a Kapampangan sentence is guessable from Tagalog. The proximity on a map is not proximity in the family tree.
How accurate is Tagalog to Kapampangan translation?
We measured it rather than guessing. Running all 372 translatable entries in our Tagalog–Kapampangan phrasebook through this tool, the machine output matched or closely matched the human-written Kapampangan 51.1% of the time. It is weakest on understanding (0%) and strongest on the body (85%). The direction matters too: Kapampangan → Tagalog scored 60.9%, a gap of 9.8 points. Treat it as a helpful draft, not a finished translation.
Why did the translation come back exactly the same as what I typed?
Usually because the engine did not recognise the word and echoed your input rather than failing visibly. But check before assuming it is broken: 66 of the entries in our Tagalog–Kapampangan phrase data are genuinely spelled the same in both languages, including Salamat (thank you), Apat (four), Lima (five), Siyam (nine). Unchanged output is not automatically wrong for this pair.
Which Tagalog words mean something different in Kapampangan?
apo — A grandchild in Tagalog, a grandparent — the opposite generation to the Tagalog sense in Kapampangan; daya — Deceit, cheating in Tagalog, blood in Kapampangan; ari — Property; also a coarse term for genitalia in Tagalog, a king in Kapampangan. We document 6 of these for this pair. They are where the translator is least reliable, because a word it does not recognise is passed through unchanged and can land in the other language as a real word with an unrelated meaning.
How many people speak Tagalog?
The 2020 Philippine census recorded Tagalog as the language generally spoken at home in about 10.52 million households, and 26.0% of the household population identified as ethnically Tagalog. Spoken at home in 39.9% of Philippine households. Filipino, the national language, is standardised Tagalog — which is why both share the code 'tl'. Figures elsewhere claiming far larger totals for these languages are generally not supported by census data.
Can I translate Kapampangan to Tagalog as well?
Yes — use the Kapampangan to Tagalog page, or press the swap button above the text box. We measured both: Tagalog → Kapampangan scored 51.1% and Kapampangan → Tagalog scored 60.9%. That is a real gap, so the reverse direction is actually the more reliable of the two.
Is it free, and are there limits?
It is free with no account required. A single translation is capped at 5,000 characters, and there is a rate limit to keep the service available for everyone. There is no limit on how many translations you can do overall.

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Who maintains this

Compiled and maintained by John Smith. Last checked .

I compile Philippine-language phrase data from published references, check it against multiple sources, and measure the machine translation on this site rather than making claims about it. I am not a linguist. Entries I have not been able to confirm are marked as pending review rather than presented as verified.

No native Tagalog speaker has reviewed this data yet. 372 phrasebook entries are marked pending review. See the phrasebook and its sources.

Translations are produced by a general-purpose machine translation engine and are not a substitute for a professional translator.