Countries
Philippines
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Ghana
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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".
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2521
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1816
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kamusta
ete-sen
Thank You
Salamat po
meda ase
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
maadwo
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
maaha
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
maakye
Please
pakiusap
wae
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Kafra
Bye
Paálam
bye
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Asante
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Ghana
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Philippines
Ghana
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Filipino
Fante
Where They Speak
Philippines
Ghana
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
Akan
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Twi, Fante
French Name
tagalog
akan
German Name
Tagalog
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Akan people
Origin
1593
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Akan
Language Position
58104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
t1
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
aka
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
aka
ISO 639 3
tg1
aka
ISO 639 6
tgl
aka
Glottocode
taga1269
akan1251
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
-
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