Countries
Countries
Philippines
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
South Africa
Second Language
Filipinos
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Die Taalkommissie, 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".
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2532
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1817
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Kamusta
hallo
Thank You
Salamat po
Dankie
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Magandang gabi
goeie nag
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
goeie more
Please
pakiusap
asseblief
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
jammer
Bye
Paálam
-9999
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Verskoon my
Dialects
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Philippines
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Filipino
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Philippines
Namibia
How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Cape Dutch
French Name
tagalog
afrikaans
German Name
Tagalog
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Afrikaners
History
Origin
1593
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
58NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
t1
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
afr
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
afr
ISO 639 3
tg1
afr
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
taga1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
31-CKA
52-ACB-ba
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
Not Available
Analytic