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Countries

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

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-

Alphabets

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

313
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million73.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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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Japanese and Tagalog Alphabets

Japanese and Tagalog Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Tagalog. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Tagalog Alphabets there are 25 letters. To learn Japanese and Tagalog languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Tagalog languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Tagalog greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Tagalog are Most Spoken Languages.

All Japanese and Tagalog Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Japanese and Tagalog Speaking population

Japanese and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Tagalog on Japanese vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Tagalog Language Codes

Japanese and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.