Countries
Indonesia
Philippines
National Language
Indonesia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Not Available
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
Salamat po
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Magandang umaga po
Please
Not Available
pakiusap
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Paálam
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Batangas, Gabon
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Philippines
Dialect 3
Arekan
Filipino
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
javanais
tagalog
German Name
Javanisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Tagalog people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Javanese
Filipino
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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
Agglutinative
Not Available
Javanese 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 Javanese and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Tagalog language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Javanese vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.