Countries
Philippines
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
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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".
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2553
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1827
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Salamat po
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
pakiusap
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Paálam
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Iniibig kita
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Philippines
Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Philippines
Laos
How Many People Speak
90,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
tagalog
lao
German Name
Tagalog
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Lao people
Origin
1593
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Lao
Language Position
5843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
lao
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
lao
ISO 639 3
tg1
lao
ISO 639 6
tgl
lao
Glottocode
taga1269
laoo1244
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
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating