Countries
Philippines
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa, 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
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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".
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2521
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1819
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Bwakeye
Thank You
Salamat po
Urakoze
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Mwaramutse
Please
pakiusap
Ndagusavye
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Ndasubiza
Bye
Paálam
N’agasaga
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Ha
Where They Speak
Philippines
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Filipino
Shubi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
90,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
tagalog
rundi
German Name
Tagalog
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1593
1500
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo 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
Kirundi
Language Position
5886
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
t1
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
run
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
run
ISO 639 3
tg1
run
ISO 639 6
tgl
run
Glottocode
taga1269
rund1242
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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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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