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Tagalog and Swahili


Swahili and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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.
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Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

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
28,000,000.00  
24
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Tagalog  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
tagalog  
swahili  

German Name
Tagalog  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1593  
6th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Swahili  

Language Position
58  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Swahili Sign Language  

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
tgl  
swa  

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Tagalog and Swahili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tagalog and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tagalog and Swahili Speaking population

Tagalog and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tagalog and Swahili on Tagalog vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Swahili Language Codes

Tagalog and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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