Countries
Philippines
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
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".
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
tagalog
  
galla
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1593
  
16
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog and Oromo Speaking population
Tagalog and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Tagalog vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tagalog and Oromo Language Codes
Tagalog and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.