Countries
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
filipino
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Filipino and Tagalog Speaking population
Filipino and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Filipino and Tagalog on Filipino vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Filipino and Tagalog Language Codes
Filipino and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Filipino and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.