Countries
Philippines
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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".
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2527
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1815
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Khurumjari
Thank You
Salamat po
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Nongale haugatl
Please
pakiusap
Chanbiduna
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Saobiganu
Bye
Paálam
Chatcharage
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Loi
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Pangal
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
tagalog
Meithei
German Name
Tagalog
Meithei
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Meithei people
Origin
1593
1700
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Meithei
Language Position
5838
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
t1
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
mni
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
mni
ISO 639 3
tg1
mni
ISO 639 6
tgl
mni
Glottocode
taga1269
mani1292
Linguasphere
31-CKA
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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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