1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 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".
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
1.9 Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
Magandang gabi
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Miala tsiny
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Iniibig kita
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Azafady
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
73.00 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million18.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Tagalog
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Malagasy people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Filipino
standard Malagasy
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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