Countries
Philippines
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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".
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
tagalog
  
mongol
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
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