1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Philippines
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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".
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kamusta ka na?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
Magandang gabi po
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
Magandang hapon po
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
Magandang umaga po
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
pinagsisisihan
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Philippines
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Philippines
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million73.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million28.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Filipino, Pilipino
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Tagalog people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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