Countries
Philippines
  
Israel
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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".
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
Tagalog
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
tagalog
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
12-AAB-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, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic