Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Spain
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- 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
French Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Por Favor
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
triste
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
adiós
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Español
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
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
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available