Countries
Philippines
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Malta
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
National Council for the Maltese Language
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".
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2530
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1824
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Ħello
Thank You
Salamat po
Grazzi
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Kif int?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
pakiusap
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Skużani!
Bye
Paálam
Ċaw
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Qormi
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Malta
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Philippines
Malta
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Filipino
Not Present
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
How Many People Speak
90,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tagalog
Malti
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Malti
French Name
tagalog
maltais
German Name
Tagalog
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Maltese
Origin
1593
c. 1470
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Maltese
Language Position
5825
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
mlt
ISO 639 3
tg1
mlt
ISO 639 6
tgl
mlt
Glottocode
taga1269
malt1254
Linguasphere
31-CKA
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic