1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Philippines
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Not Available
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".
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
Magandang gabi
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
73.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
tagalog
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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