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+## Contributor Details
+
+| Field                          | Entry                |
+|------------------------------- | -------------------- |
+| Name                           | Brixter John Lumabi  |
+| Company name (if applicable)   | Stratpoint           |
+| Title or role (if applicable)  | Software Developer   |
+| Date                           | 18 December 2018     |
+| GitHub username                | Brixjohn             |
+| Website (optional)             |                      |
diff --git a/spacy/lang/tl/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/tl/__init__.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .tokenizer_exceptions import TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS
+from .stop_words import STOP_WORDS
+from .lex_attrs import LEX_ATTRS
+
+# uncomment if files are available
+# from .norm_exceptions import NORM_EXCEPTIONS
+from .tag_map import TAG_MAP
+# from .morph_rules import MORPH_RULES
+
+# uncomment if lookup-based lemmatizer is available
+from .lemmatizer import LOOKUP
+# from ...lemmatizerlookup import Lemmatizer
+
+from .tokenizer_exceptions import TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS
+from ..tokenizer_exceptions import BASE_EXCEPTIONS
+from ..norm_exceptions import BASE_NORMS
+from ...language import Language
+from ...attrs import LANG, NORM
+from ...util import update_exc, add_lookups
+
+def _return_tl(_):
+    return 'tl'
+
+
+# Create a Language subclass
+# Documentation: https://spacy.io/docs/usage/adding-languages
+
+# This file should be placed in spacy/lang/xx (ISO code of language).
+# Before submitting a pull request, make sure the remove all comments from the
+# language data files, and run at least the basic tokenizer tests. Simply add the
+# language ID to the list of languages in spacy/tests/conftest.py to include it
+# in the basic tokenizer sanity tests. You can optionally add a fixture for the
+# language's tokenizer and add more specific tests. For more info, see the
+# tests documentation: https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/tree/master/spacy/tests
+
+
+class TagalogDefaults(Language.Defaults):
+    lex_attr_getters = dict(Language.Defaults.lex_attr_getters)
+    lex_attr_getters[LANG] = _return_tl # ISO code
+    # add more norm exception dictionaries here
+    lex_attr_getters[NORM] = add_lookups(Language.Defaults.lex_attr_getters[NORM], BASE_NORMS)
+
+    # overwrite functions for lexical attributes
+    lex_attr_getters.update(LEX_ATTRS)
+
+    # add custom tokenizer exceptions to base exceptions
+    tokenizer_exceptions = update_exc(BASE_EXCEPTIONS, TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS)
+
+    # add stop words
+    stop_words = STOP_WORDS
+
+    # if available: add tag map
+    # tag_map = dict(TAG_MAP)
+
+    # if available: add morph rules
+    # morph_rules = dict(MORPH_RULES)
+
+    # if available: add lookup lemmatizer
+    # @classmethod
+    # def create_lemmatizer(cls, nlp=None):
+    #     return Lemmatizer(LOOKUP)
+
+
+class Tagalog(Language):
+    lang = 'tl' # ISO code
+    Defaults = TagalogDefaults # set Defaults to custom language defaults
+
+
+# set default export – this allows the language class to be lazy-loaded
+__all__ = ['Tagalog']
diff --git a/spacy/lang/tl/lemmatizer.py b/spacy/lang/tl/lemmatizer.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+
+# Adding a lemmatizer lookup table
+# Documentation: https://spacy.io/docs/usage/adding-languages#lemmatizer
+# Entries should be added in the following format:
+
+
+LOOKUP = {
+    "kaugnayan": "ugnay",
+    "sangkatauhan": "tao",
+    "kanayunan": "nayon",
+    "pandaigdigan": "daigdig",
+    "kasaysayan": "saysay",
+    "kabayanihan": "bayani",
+    "karuwagan": "duwag"
+}
diff --git a/spacy/lang/tl/lex_attrs.py b/spacy/lang/tl/lex_attrs.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+# import the symbols for the attrs you want to overwrite
+from ...attrs import LIKE_NUM
+
+
+# Overwriting functions for lexical attributes
+# Documentation: https://localhost:1234/docs/usage/adding-languages#lex-attrs
+# Most of these functions, like is_lower or like_url should be language-
+# independent. Others, like like_num (which includes both digits and number
+# words), requires customisation.
+
+
+# Example: check if token resembles a number
+
+_num_words = ['sero', 'isa', 'dalawa', 'tatlo', 'apat', 'lima', 'anim', 'pito',
+              'walo', 'siyam', 'sampu', 'labing-isa', 'labindalawa', 'labintatlo', 'labing-apat',
+              'labinlima', 'labing-anim', 'labimpito', 'labing-walo', 'labinsiyam', 'dalawampu',
+              'tatlumpu', 'apatnapu', 'limampu', 'animnapu', 'pitumpu', 'walumpu', 'siyamnapu',
+              'daan', 'libo', 'milyon', 'bilyon', 'trilyon', 'quadrilyon',
+              'gajilyon', 'bazilyon']
+
+
+def like_num(text):
+    text = text.replace(',', '').replace('.', '')
+    if text.isdigit():
+        return True
+    if text.count('/') == 1:
+        num, denom = text.split('/')
+        if num.isdigit() and denom.isdigit():
+            return True
+    if text in _num_words:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+# Create dictionary of functions to overwrite. The default lex_attr_getters are
+# updated with this one, so only the functions defined here are overwritten.
+
+LEX_ATTRS = {
+    LIKE_NUM: like_num
+}
diff --git a/spacy/lang/tl/stop_words.py b/spacy/lang/tl/stop_words.py
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+# encoding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+
+# Add stop words
+# Documentation: https://spacy.io/docs/usage/adding-languages#stop-words
+# To improve readability, words should be ordered alphabetically and separated
+# by spaces and newlines. When adding stop words from an online source, always
+# include the link in a comment. Make sure to proofread and double-check the
+# words – lists available online are often known to contain mistakes.
+
+# data from https://github.com/stopwords-iso/stopwords-tl/blob/master/stopwords-tl.txt
+
+STOP_WORDS = set("""
+    akin
+    aking
+    ako
+    alin
+    am
+    amin
+    aming
+    ang
+    ano
+    anumang
+    apat
+    at
+    atin
+    ating
+    ay
+    bababa
+    bago
+    bakit
+    bawat
+    bilang
+    dahil
+    dalawa
+    dapat
+    din
+    dito
+    doon
+    gagawin
+    gayunman
+    ginagawa
+    ginawa
+    ginawang
+    gumawa
+    gusto
+    habang
+    hanggang
+    hindi
+    huwag
+    iba
+    ibaba
+    ibabaw
+    ibig
+    ikaw
+    ilagay
+    ilalim
+    ilan
+    inyong
+    isa
+    isang
+    itaas
+    ito
+    iyo
+    iyon
+    iyong
+    ka
+    kahit
+    kailangan
+    kailanman
+    kami
+    kanila
+    kanilang
+    kanino
+    kanya
+    kanyang
+    kapag
+    kapwa
+    karamihan
+    katiyakan
+    katulad
+    kaya
+    kaysa
+    ko
+    kong
+    kulang
+    kumuha
+    kung
+    laban
+    lahat
+    lamang
+    likod
+    lima
+    maaari
+    maaaring
+    maging
+    mahusay
+    makita
+    marami
+    marapat
+    masyado
+    may
+    mayroon
+    mga
+    minsan
+    mismo
+    mula
+    muli
+    na
+    nabanggit
+    naging
+    nagkaroon
+    nais
+    nakita
+    namin
+    napaka
+    narito
+    nasaan
+    ng
+    ngayon
+    ni
+    nila
+    nilang
+    nito
+    niya
+    niyang
+    noon
+    o
+    pa
+    paano
+    pababa
+    paggawa
+    pagitan
+    pagkakaroon
+    pagkatapos
+    palabas
+    pamamagitan
+    panahon
+    pangalawa
+    para
+    paraan
+    pareho
+    pataas
+    pero
+    pumunta
+    pumupunta
+    sa
+    saan
+    sabi
+    sabihin
+    sarili
+    sila
+    sino
+    siya
+    tatlo
+    tayo
+    tulad
+    tungkol
+    una
+    walang
+""".split())
diff --git a/spacy/lang/tl/tag_map.py b/spacy/lang/tl/tag_map.py
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+++ b/spacy/lang/tl/tag_map.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from ...symbols import POS, ADV, NOUN, ADP, PRON, SCONJ, PROPN, DET, SYM, INTJ
+from ...symbols import PUNCT, NUM, AUX, X, CONJ, ADJ, VERB, PART, SPACE, CCONJ
+
+
+# Add a tag map
+# Documentation: https://spacy.io/docs/usage/adding-languages#tag-map
+# Universal Dependencies: http://universaldependencies.org/u/pos/all.html
+# The keys of the tag map should be strings in your tag set. The dictionary must
+# have an entry POS whose value is one of the Universal Dependencies tags.
+# Optionally, you can also include morphological features or other attributes.
+
+
+TAG_MAP = {
+    "ADV":      {POS: ADV},
+    "NOUN":     {POS: NOUN},
+    "ADP":      {POS: ADP},
+    "PRON":     {POS: PRON},
+    "SCONJ":    {POS: SCONJ},
+    "PROPN":    {POS: PROPN},
+    "DET":      {POS: DET},
+    "SYM":      {POS: SYM},
+    "INTJ":     {POS: INTJ},
+    "PUNCT":    {POS: PUNCT},
+    "NUM":      {POS: NUM},
+    "AUX":      {POS: AUX},
+    "X":        {POS: X},
+    "CONJ":     {POS: CONJ},
+    "CCONJ":    {POS: CCONJ},
+    "ADJ":      {POS: ADJ},
+    "VERB":     {POS: VERB},
+    "PART":     {POS: PART},
+    "SP":     	{POS: SPACE}
+}
diff --git a/spacy/lang/tl/tokenizer_exceptions.py b/spacy/lang/tl/tokenizer_exceptions.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+# import symbols – if you need to use more, add them here
+from ...symbols import ORTH, LEMMA, TAG, NORM, ADP, DET
+
+
+# Add tokenizer exceptions
+# Documentation: https://spacy.io/docs/usage/adding-languages#tokenizer-exceptions
+# Feel free to use custom logic to generate repetitive exceptions more efficiently.
+# If an exception is split into more than one token, the ORTH values combined always
+# need to match the original string.
+
+# Exceptions should be added in the following format:
+
+_exc = {
+    "tayo'y": [
+        {ORTH: "tayo", LEMMA: "tayo"},
+        {ORTH: "'y", LEMMA: "ay"}],
+    "isa'y": [
+        {ORTH: "isa", LEMMA: "isa"},
+        {ORTH: "'y", LEMMA: "ay"}],
+    "baya'y": [
+        {ORTH: "baya", LEMMA: "bayan"},
+        {ORTH: "'y", LEMMA: "ay"}],
+    "sa'yo": [
+        {ORTH: "sa", LEMMA: "sa"},
+        {ORTH: "'yo", LEMMA: "iyo"}],
+    "ano'ng": [
+        {ORTH: "ano", LEMMA: "ano"},
+        {ORTH: "'ng", LEMMA: "ang"}],
+    "siya'y": [
+        {ORTH: "siya", LEMMA: "siya"},
+        {ORTH: "'y", LEMMA: "ay"}],
+    "nawa'y": [
+        {ORTH: "nawa", LEMMA: "nawa"},
+        {ORTH: "'y", LEMMA: "ay"}],
+    "papa'no": [
+        {ORTH: "papa'no", LEMMA: "papaano"}],
+    "'di": [
+        {ORTH: "'di", LEMMA: "hindi"}]
+}
+
+
+# To keep things clean and readable, it's recommended to only declare the
+# TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS at the bottom:
+
+TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS = _exc