Countries
Philippines
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Filipinos
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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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".
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2544
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1832
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
sannu
Thank You
Salamat po
gode ku
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
yaya dai
Good Night
Magandang gabi
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
barka da rana
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
mai kyau safe
Please
pakiusap
Don Allah
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
yi hakuri
Bye
Paálam
sai anjima
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Ghana
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Philippines
Niger
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Philippines
Niger
How Many People Speak
90,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
tagalog
haoussa
German Name
Tagalog
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1593
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Hausa
Language Position
5834
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
hau
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
hau
ISO 639 3
tg1
hau
ISO 639 6
tgl
hau
Glottocode
taga1269
haus1257
Linguasphere
31-CKA
19-HAA-b
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
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Fusional