Countries
Philippines
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
South Africa
  
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".
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Good Morning
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Please
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Tagalog
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
tagalog
  
anglais
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
5th Century AD
  
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
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
52-ABA
  
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic