Countries
South Africa
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Philippines
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Dutch Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3225
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1718
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Kamusta
Thank You
Dankie
Salamat po
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
goeie nag
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
goeie more
Magandang umaga po
Please
asseblief
pakiusap
Sorry
jammer
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Totsiens
Paálam
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
-
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Bisalog
Where They Speak
-
Philippines
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Filipino
Where They Speak
Namibia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
7.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
afrikaans
tagalog
German Name
Afrikaans
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Tagalog people
Origin
17th Century
1593
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Filipino
Language Position
2358
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
afr
tgl
ISO 639 3
afr
tg1
ISO 639 6
afrs
tgl
Glottocode
afri1274
taga1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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