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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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