Countries
Philippines
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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".
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
tagalog
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available