Countries
Philippines
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Filipinos
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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".
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2526
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1823
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Salamat po
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
pakiusap
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Paálam
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Wu
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Yue
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
90,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %16.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million873.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
tagalog
chinois
German Name
Tagalog
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Han
Origin
1593
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Chinese
Language Position
581
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
zho
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
chi
ISO 639 3
tg1
zho
ISO 639 6
tgl
zho
Glottocode
taga1269
sini1245
Linguasphere
31-CKA
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating