Countries
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
Total No. Of Countries
33
2
1
14
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
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
25
7
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
5
2
How Many Consonants
21
11
18
8
Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
7
6
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks
3
44 weeks
11
Greetings
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
Dialects
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
90,000.00
30
Total No. Of Dialects
188
34
3
3
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
1
73.00 million
24
Speaking Population
5.43 %
4
0.42 %
32
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
History
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
Language Position
3
3
58
99+
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
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
