Countries
Philippines
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
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46
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National Language
Philippines
Russia
Second Language
Filipinos
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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".
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary