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Tagalog Language



Countries

Countries
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Philippines

Second Language
Filipinos

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee

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".

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
25 7

Phonology

How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
18 8

Scripts
Baybayin

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta

Thank You
Salamat po

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?

Good Night
Magandang gabi

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po

Please
pakiusap

Sorry
pinagsisisihan

Bye
Paálam

I Love You
Iniibig kita

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00 24

Dialect 2
Bisalog

Where They Speak
Philippines

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00 22

Dialect 3
Filipino

Where They Speak
Philippines

How Many People Speak
90,000.00 71

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million 24

Speaking Population
0.42 % 34

Native Speakers
28.00 million 29

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million 19

Native Name
Tagalog

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino

French Name
tagalog

German Name
Tagalog

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]

Ethnicity
Tagalog people

History

Origin
1593

Language Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup
Indonesian

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog

Standard Forms
Filipino

Language Position
58 53

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
t1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
tgl

ISO 639 2/B
tgl

ISO 639 3
tg1

ISO 639 6
tgl

Glottocode
taga1269

Linguasphere
31-CKA

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Tagalog language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Tagalog language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Tagalog language states that it was put to use in 1593. The history of Tagalog language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Tagalog Language History.The evolution of Tagalog language began with early forms such as Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog. Filipino is the standard form of Tagalog language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Tagalog Language.

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Tagalog population

Tagalog population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Tagalog language. Tagalog language is spoken by 73.00 million people in the world. Most of the Tagalog population lies in the Tagalog Speaking Countries. Tagalog language is spoken as first language by 28.00 million people and as second language by about 45.00 million people. Get to know Tagalog speaking population in detail.

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Tagalog writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Tagalog writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Tagalog language. Some languages share common writing systems. Baybayin script is used by Tagalog language. Learn more about . 

Information about Tagalog language

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