Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Philippines
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
South Africa
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Not Available
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
Salamat po
How Are You?
How are you?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Sorry
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
I love you
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
American English
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
United States of America
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Filipino
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Philippines
Native Name
English
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Not Available
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
anglais
tagalog
German Name
Englisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Tagalog people
Origin
5th Century AD
1593
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard English
Filipino
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
taga1269
Linguasphere
52-ABA
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
English 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 English and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Tagalog language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common English Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Tagalog Difficulty
The English vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.