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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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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