Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Philippines
National Language
Spain
Philippines
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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
French Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Gracias
Salamat po
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Magandang umaga po
Please
Por Favor
pakiusap
Sorry
triste
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
Te Quiero
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Mexico
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Cuba
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Filipino
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Native Name
Español
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
espagnol; castillan
tagalog
German Name
Spanisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Tagalog people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Filipino
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
taga1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
31-CKA
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
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available