Countries
Philippines
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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".
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2531
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1818
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Moni
Thank You
Salamat po
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
M'mawa wabwino
Please
pakiusap
Chonde
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
pepani
Bye
Paálam
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Pepani
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Philippines
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
tagalog
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Tagalog
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Chewa people
Origin
1593
15th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Chewa
Language Position
5827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
nya
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
nya
ISO 639 3
tg1
nya
ISO 639 6
tgl
nya
Glottocode
taga1269
nyan1308
Linguasphere
31-CKA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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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