1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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".
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Baybayin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Kamusta
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Salamat po
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Magandang gabi
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pinagsisisihan
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Iniibig kita
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Tagalog
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology