Countries
Philippines
  
Japan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
tagalog
  
japonais
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
1593
  
1185
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
45-CAA-a
  
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
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Tagalog and Japanese Speaking population
Tagalog and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Tagalog vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tagalog and Japanese Language Codes
Tagalog and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.