Countries
Philippines
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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".
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2544
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1829
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Salamat po
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Magandang gabi
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
pakiusap
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Paálam
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Iniibig kita
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
90,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
tagalog
pachto
German Name
Tagalog
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Pashtun
Origin
1593
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
5882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
pus
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
pus
ISO 639 3
tg1
pus
ISO 639 6
tgl
pus
Glottocode
taga1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
31-CKA
58-ABD-a
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
-
Fusional