Countries
Philippines
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Tagalog
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
tagalog
  
birman
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
1593
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating