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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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