Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Philippines
Second Language
Indonesia
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Thailand
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2625
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2418
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Kamusta
Thank You
terima kasih
Salamat po
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Magandang umaga po
Please
sila
pakiusap
Sorry
maaf
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Paálam
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
30,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Filipino
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
malais
tagalog
German Name
Malaiisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Tagalog people
Origin
c. 683 AD
1593
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Filipino
Language Position
5458
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
may
tgl
ISO 639 3
zsm
tg1
ISO 639 6
may
tgl
Glottocode
stan1306
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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