Countries
Philippines
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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".
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
tagalog
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1593
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
56-AAA-a
  
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
  
Fusional, Synthetic