Countries
Philippines
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Somalia
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Yemen
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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".
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2526
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kamusta
Hello
Thank You
Salamat po
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Subax wanaagsan
Please
pakiusap
Fadlan
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
sorry
Bye
Paálam
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Philippines
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Filipino
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Philippines
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
90,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
tagalog
somali
German Name
Tagalog
Somali
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Somalis
Origin
1593
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Somali
Language Position
5883
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
som
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
som
ISO 639 3
tg1
som
ISO 639 6
tgl
som
Glottocode
taga1269
soma1255
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
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-