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This is because Filipino and Bahasa Indonesia belong to the same family of languages. The Filipino language, is a form of Tagalog which is the national language of the Philippines. Bahasa Indonesia, is Indonesia's register for the Malay language. Which the standard is called Bahasa Melayu. Therefore, Tagalog and Malay are cousin languages. They contain a lot of cognates. Because, Malays originated from Taiwan and Philippines. Then came to Borneo where they formed the Malay language. Filipino and Bahasa Indonesia belongs to the Austronesian family of languages.

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