Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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".
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Please
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Bye
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
English
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
anglais
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available