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Tagalog

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Malta

Second Language

Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Australia
Europe

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
National Council for the Maltese Language

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".
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Not Available
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2530
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1824
9 60
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Scripts

Baybayin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kamusta
Ħello

Thank You

Salamat po
Grazzi

How Are You?

Kamusta ka na?
Kif int?

Good Night

Magandang gabi
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

Magandang gabi po
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon po
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

Magandang umaga po
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

pakiusap
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
Skużani!

Bye

Paálam
Ċaw

I Love You

Iniibig kita
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Batangas Tagalog
Qormi

Where They Speak

Batangas, Gabon
Malta

How Many People Speak

NANA
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bisalog
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Philippines
Malta

How Many People Speak

NANA
700 80000000
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Dialect 3

Filipino
Not Present

Where They Speak

Philippines
Not Available

How Many People Speak

90,000.00NA
1400 96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

32
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

73.00 million0.52 million
0.13 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %NA
0.11 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million0.52 million
0.13 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 millionNA
0.01 400
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Native Name

Tagalog
Malti

Alternative Names

Filipino, Pilipino
Malti

French Name

tagalog
maltais

German Name

Tagalog
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available

Ethnicity

Tagalog people
Maltese

History

Origin

1593
c. 1470

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
Semitic

Branch

Not Available
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
Maltese

Language Position

58NA
1 120
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Signed Forms

Not Available
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

t1
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tgl
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

tgl
mlt

ISO 639 3

tg1
mlt

ISO 639 6

Not Available
Not Available

Glottocode

taga1269
malt1254

Linguasphere

31-CKA
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Not Available
Synthetic

Tagalog and Maltese Alphabets

Tagalog and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tagalog and Maltese. In Tagalog Alphabets there are 25 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Tagalog and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tagalog and Maltese languages. The Tagalog phonology consist Tagalog vowels and Tagalog consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Tagalog greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tagalog and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Tagalog and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tagalog and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Tagalog and Maltese Speaking population

Tagalog and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tagalog and Maltese on Tagalog vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Maltese Language Codes

Tagalog and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.