Countries
Philippines
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Filipinos
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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".
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
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-
Origin
1593
AD 450-500
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Dutch
Language Position
5848
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual