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Tagalog and Chinese


Chinese and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Philippines  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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".
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
18  
8
23  
13

Scripts
Baybayin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Salamat po  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
pakiusap  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Paálam  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Tagalog  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Not Available  

French Name
tagalog  
chinois  

German Name
Tagalog  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Han  

History

Origin
1593  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan 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  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
58  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
chi  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
taga1269  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
79-AAA  

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  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Tagalog and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tagalog and Chinese Speaking population

Tagalog and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Tagalog vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Chinese Language Codes

Tagalog and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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