Countries
Countries
Philippines
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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".
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2524
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Kamusta
Habari
Thank You
Salamat po
Asante
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Habari za asubuhi
Please
pakiusap
tafadhali
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
pole
Bye
Paálam
bye
I Love You
Iniibig kita
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Philippines
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Philippines
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %NA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 millionNA
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
-9999
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
tagalog
swahili
German Name
Tagalog
Swahili
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
1593
6th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Swahili
Language Position
58NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
t1
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
swa
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
swa
ISO 639 3
tg1
swa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
31-CKA
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available