Countries
Philippines
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Philippines
Second Language
Filipinos
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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".
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
-
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2528
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1823
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Kumusta
Thank You
Salamat po
Salamat
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Kumusta
Good Night
Magandang gabi
magandang gabi
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Magandang umaga
Please
pakiusap
Mangyaring
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Paálam
Paalam
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Bikol
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Philippines
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Philippines
Philippines
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Waray
Where They Speak
Philippines
Philippines
How Many People Speak
90,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
filipino
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Pilipino
French Name
tagalog
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Tagalog
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Filipino people
Origin
1593
16th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Filipino
Language Position
5834
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
fil
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
fil
ISO 639 3
tg1
fil
ISO 639 6
tgl
fil
Glottocode
taga1269
fili1244
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
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-