Countries
Philippines
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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".
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
buongiorno
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
scusate
  
Bye
Paálam
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Italiano
  
French Name
tagalog
  
italien
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Italians
  
Origin
1593
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
51-AAA-q
  
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