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Korean vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs 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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Korean and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Tagalog language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Tagalog Language History.

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Korean 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 Korean and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Tagalog language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Tagalog Difficulty

The Korean vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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