Countries
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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".
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Palihug
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Babay
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Visayan
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
cebuano
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
16th century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano and Tagalog Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cebuano and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Tagalog language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Tagalog Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cebuano and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.