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Korean and Tagalog


Tagalog and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Hangul  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Paálam  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
coréen  
tagalog  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1593  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Filipino  

Language Position
12  
11
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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All Korean and Tagalog Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Tagalog Speaking population

Korean and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Tagalog on Korean vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Tagalog Language Codes

Korean and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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