Countries
Philippines
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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".
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2543
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1834
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Salamat po
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
pakiusap
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Paálam
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Philippines
India
How Many People Speak
90,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
tagalog
bhojpuri
German Name
Tagalog
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
1593
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Bhojpuri
Language Position
5837
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
bho
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
bho
ISO 639 3
tg1
bho
ISO 639 6
tgl
bho
Glottocode
taga1269
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
31-CKA
59-AAF-sa
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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