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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Philippines

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Philippines

1.4 Second Language

Filipinos

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Australia

1.6 Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom

1.7 Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee

1.8 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".

1.9 Similar To

Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

25
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Baybayin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Kamusta

3.2 Thank You

Salamat po

3.3 How Are You?

Kamusta ka na?

3.4 Good Night

Magandang gabi

3.5 Good Evening

Magandang gabi po

3.6 Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon po

3.7 Good Morning

Magandang umaga po

3.8 Please

pakiusap

3.9 Sorry

pinagsisisihan

3.10 Bye

Paálam

3.11 I Love You

Iniibig kita

3.12 Excuse Me

Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Batangas Tagalog

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Batangas, Gabon

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Bisalog

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Philippines

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Filipino

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Philippines

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

90,000.00
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

73.00 million
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.42 %
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

28.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

45.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Tagalog

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Filipino, Pilipino

5.3.4 French Name

tagalog

5.3.5 German Name

Tagalog

5.4 Pronunciation

[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]

5.5 Ethnicity

Tagalog people

6 History

6.1 Origin

1593

6.2 Language Family

Austronesian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Indonesian

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Filipino

6.3.3 Language Position

58
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

t1

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

tgl

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

tgl

7.3 ISO 639 3

tg1

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

taga1269

7.6 Linguasphere

31-CKA

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Tagalog language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Tagalog language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Tagalog language states that it was put to use in 1593. The history of Tagalog language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Tagalog Language History.The evolution of Tagalog language began with early forms such as Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog. Filipino is the standard form of Tagalog language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Tagalog Language.

Tagalog population

Tagalog population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Tagalog language. Tagalog language is spoken by 73.00 million people in the world. Most of the Tagalog population lies in the Tagalog Speaking Countries. Tagalog language is spoken as first language by 28.00 million people and as second language by about 45.00 million people. Get to know Tagalog speaking population in detail.

Tagalog writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Tagalog writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Tagalog language. Some languages share common writing systems. Baybayin script is used by Tagalog language. Learn more about . 

Information about Tagalog language

Check out all the information about Tagalog language here. You may find it interesting to learn Tagalog Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Tagalog Speaking Countries, Tagalog speaking continents and Tagalog Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Tagalog countries knowing common Tagalog Greetings will help you in communicating with Tagalog people.