Countries
Philippines
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Philippines
Haiti
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Cuba
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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".
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2529
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Bonjou
Thank You
Salamat po
Mèsi
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Bon apre-midi
Please
pakiusap
Souple
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Dezole
Bye
Paálam
Babay
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Philippines
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Philippines
Cayes
How Many People Speak
90,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
tagalog
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Tagalog
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Haitians
Origin
1593
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Haitian Creole
Language Position
5899
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
hat
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
hat
ISO 639 3
tg1
hat
ISO 639 6
tgl
hat
Glottocode
taga1269
hait1244
Linguasphere
31-CKA
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-