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Japanese and Tagalog


Tagalog and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
18  
8

Scripts
Kana  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Paálam  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Philippines  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
日本語  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
japonais  
tagalog  

German Name
Japanisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
1185  
1593  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Filipino  

Language Position
8  
8
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Japanese and Tagalog Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Tagalog Speaking population

Japanese and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Tagalog on Japanese vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Tagalog Language Codes

Japanese and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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