Countries
Philippines
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Philippines
Second Language
Filipinos
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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".
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2521
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1816
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Hoy
Thank You
Salamat po
Salamat
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Maayong Buntag
Please
pakiusap
Palihug
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Paálam
Babay
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Boholano
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Bohol
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Philippines
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
North Kana
Where They Speak
Philippines
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
90,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
Visayan
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
tagalog
cebuano
German Name
Tagalog
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Cebuano people
Origin
1593
16th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
5862
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
ceb
ISO 639 3
tg1
ceb
ISO 639 6
tgl
ceb
Glottocode
taga1269
cebu1242
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-