Countries
Philippines
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India, Nepal
Second Language
Filipinos
Nepal
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".
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2547
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1822
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Devanagari
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
pranam
Thank You
Salamat po
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Suprabhaat
Please
pakiusap
kripaya
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
maf karai
Bye
Paálam
Alavidā
I Love You
Iniibig kita
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
kripaya
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Nepal
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Philippines
North India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Khortha
Where They Speak
Philippines
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
90,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
tagalog
maithili
German Name
Tagalog
Maithili
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Maithil
Origin
1593
14th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Maithili
Language Position
5840
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
mai
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
mai
ISO 639 3
tg1
mai
ISO 639 6
tgl
mai
Glottocode
taga1269
mait1250
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
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Language Morphological Typology
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