Countries
Philippines
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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".
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Tagalog
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
tagalog
  
marathe
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1593
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
omr
  
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
  
Not Available