Countries
Philippines
European Union, Finland
Total No. Of Countries
12
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National Language
Philippines
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Filipinos
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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".
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
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