Countries
Philippines
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Filipinos
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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".
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2524
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1817
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Salamat po
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
pakiusap
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Paálam
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Greece
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Griko
Where They Speak
Philippines
Italy
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Philippines
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
90,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
tagalog
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Tagalog
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
1593
1500 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Filipino
Modern Greek
Language Position
5874
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
ell
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
gre
ISO 639 3
tg1
ell
ISO 639 6
tgl
ells
Glottocode
taga1269
gree1276
Linguasphere
31-CKA
56-AAA-a
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
-
Fusional, Synthetic