“Maligayang pagdating sa Tagalog na Facebook.”

The extremely popular social networking site Facebook has switched on its Tagalog version catering to the site’s growing Filipino user base.

The Tagalog version effectively expands Facebook’s language options to 34 (seven are still in beta phase).

Most of the services and options in the Tagalog version of Facebook are translated into the vernacular, with only a few exceptions. The Home, Inbox and Profile tabs remain in English and all English messages and posts sent by users’ friends’ list will not be translated.

Many Filipino uses have already started using the Tagalog version of Facebook, sending messages to other users in Tagalog, as well as posting on Walls and Pokes.

One example: “Ano ginagawa mo ngayon? roughly translates “What are you doing?” — a question posed by Facebook which users can fill in with short messages.

Facebook is also encouraging Filipino users to invite others to use the Tagalog version.

Facebook is one of the fastest growing social networking sites worldwide. It currently has over 110 million users who are utilizing about 24,000 applications, many of which are developed and contributed by users.