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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Philippines  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
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Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Kamusta  

Thank You
Thank you  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Please  
pakiusap  

Sorry
Sorry  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Bye  
Paálam  

I Love You
I love you  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
English  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
English  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
anglais  
tagalog  

German Name
Englisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Filipino  

Language Position
3  
3
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
eng  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
engs  
tgl  

Glottocode
stan1293  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
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English and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of English vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of English and Tagalog language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Tagalog Language History.

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English and Tagalog Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Tagalog language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common English Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Tagalog Difficulty

The English vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Tagalog Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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