Countries
Philippines
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
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
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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".
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
pakiusap
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Paálam
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
tagalog
  
pachto
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1593
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
58-ABD-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
  
Fusional