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Tagalog and Japanese


Japanese and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
14  
4

Scripts
Baybayin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
1.90 %  
10

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)  

History

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  

Language Position
58  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Tagalog and Japanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tagalog and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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