Countries
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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".
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Biko
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Ibo
  
French Name
tagalog
  
igbo
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
1593
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
nucl1417
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Tagalog and Igbo Speaking population
Tagalog and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Igbo on Tagalog vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tagalog and Igbo Language Codes
Tagalog and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.