Countries
Philippines
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Ethiopia
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Somalia
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".
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2534
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
akkam
Thank You
Salamat po
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
pakiusap
Maaloo
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
naa dhiisi
Bye
Paálam
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Borana
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Orma
Where They Speak
Philippines
Kenya
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Wata
Where They Speak
Philippines
Kenya
How Many People Speak
90,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
317
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
tagalog
galla
German Name
Tagalog
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Oromos
Origin
1593
16
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Cushitic
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
5891
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
t1
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
orm
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
orm
ISO 639 3
tg1
orm
ISO 639 6
tgl
orm
Glottocode
taga1269
nucl1736
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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