Countries
Countries
Philippines
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
South Africa
Second Language
Filipinos
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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".
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2557
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1850
9
60
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Scripts
Baybayin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Kamusta
Sawubona
Thank You
Salamat po
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
unjani
Good Night
Magandang gabi
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
okuhle ekuseni
Please
pakiusap
Ngiyacela
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Paálam
bye
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Uxolo
Dialects
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bisalog
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Philippines
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Filipino
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Philippines
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.16 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tagalog
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
tagalog
zoulou
German Name
Tagalog
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Zulu people
History
Origin
1593
19
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Filipino
Deep Zulu
Language Position
5887
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
t1
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
zul
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
zul
ISO 639 3
tg1
zul
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
zulu1248
Linguasphere
31-CKA
99-AUT-fg
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
Not Available
Not Available