Countries
Philippines
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa
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".
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2537
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1846
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kamusta
Mhoro
Thank You
Salamat po
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Masikati
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Mangwanani
Please
pakiusap
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Ndineurombo
Bye
Paálam
bye
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
Karanga
Where They Speak
Philippines
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Philippines
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
90,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
73.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
chiShona
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
tagalog
shona
German Name
Tagalog
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Shona people
Origin
1593
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Shona
Language Position
58107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
sna
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
sna
ISO 639 3
tg1
sna
ISO 639 6
tgl
sna
Glottocode
taga1269
core1255
Linguasphere
31-CKA
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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