Countries
Philippines
  
India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
NA
  
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".
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
tagalog
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
1593
  
15
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
guja1252
  
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
  
Not Available