1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
1.8 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".
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
1.9 Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Hiligaynon Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Island of Cebu
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Kumusta man ka?
3.4 Good Night
Magandang gabi
Maayong Gabii
3.5 Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Maayong Gabii
3.6 Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Maayong Hapon
3.7 Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Maayong Buntag
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Ikasubo ko
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Iniibig kita
Gihigugma ko ikaw
3.12 Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Ekskyus mi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Boholano
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
southern Leyte
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
northern part of Leyte
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
73.00 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
45.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Cebuano people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Cebuano
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available