Countries
Fiji, India
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi 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
Urdu
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
hindi
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Tagalog language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Hindi vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.