Countries
Philippines
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Czech Republic
  
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".
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
pakiusap
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Tagalog
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
tagalog
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1593
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating