Countries
Philippines
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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".
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
tagalog
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
59-AAF-sa
  
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
  
Not Available