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Tagalog and Amharic


Amharic and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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".
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
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Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
31  
21

Scripts
Baybayin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Selam  

Thank You
Salamat po  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
pakiusap  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
aznallehu  

Bye
Paálam  
tschao  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Gondar  

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Ethiopia  

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
Tagalog  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
tagalog  
amharique  

German Name
Tagalog  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1593  
13th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Amharic  

Language Position
58  
99+
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
amh  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
taga1269  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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All Tagalog and Amharic 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 Tagalog and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tagalog and Amharic Speaking population

Tagalog and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Tagalog and Amharic on Tagalog vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Amharic Language Codes

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

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