Countries
Japan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Palau
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9925
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1418
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Kamusta
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Salamat po
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Magandang umaga po
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
pakiusap
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Paálam
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Philippines
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Filipino
Where They Speak
kansai
Philippines
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
japonais
tagalog
German Name
Japanisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Tagalog people
Origin
1185
1593
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Japanese
Filipino
Language Position
858
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
tgl
ISO 639 3
jpn
tg1
ISO 639 6
jpn
tgl
Glottocode
nucl1643
taga1269
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
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
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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