Countries
Philippines
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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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".
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2533
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1831
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Selam
Thank You
Salamat po
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
i'ndemin adäru
Please
pakiusap
i'bakwon
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
aznallehu
Bye
Paálam
tschao
I Love You
Iniibig kita
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Gondar
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Gondar
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Philippines
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Showa
Where They Speak
Philippines
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
90,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
tagalog
amharique
German Name
Tagalog
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Amharas
Origin
1593
13th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Filipino
Amharic
Language Position
5855
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
amh
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
amh
ISO 639 3
tg1
amh
ISO 639 6
tgl
amh
Glottocode
taga1269
amha1245
Linguasphere
31-CKA
12-ACB-a
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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Fusional