Countries
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
maaf
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
indonésien
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
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
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Tagalog language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.