Countries
Philippines
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
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".
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2530
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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
Henda ho
Thank You
Salamat po
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Boge Setak’
Please
pakiusap
দয়া করে
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
দুঃখিত
Bye
Paálam
Hariau
I Love You
Iniibig kita
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Mahali
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Not present
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Filipino
Not present
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
How Many People Speak
90,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
31
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
tagalog
santal
German Name
Tagalog
Santali
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1593
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Santali
Language Position
5841
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
sat
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
sat
ISO 639 3
tg1
sat
ISO 639 6
tgl
sat
Glottocode
taga1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
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
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