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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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