Countries
Philippines
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Filipinos
India
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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".
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2551
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1840
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Salamat po
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
pakiusap
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Paálam
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Chakma
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Hajong
Where They Speak
Philippines
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Philippines
India
How Many People Speak
90,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million196.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
tagalog
bengali
German Name
Tagalog
Bengali
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1593
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Filipino
Bengali
Language Position
584
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
ben
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
ben
ISO 639 3
tg1
ben
ISO 639 6
tgl
ben
Glottocode
taga1269
beng1280
Linguasphere
31-CKA
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
-
-