Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Philippines
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 in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Jeju
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
South Korea
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Bisalog
Where They Speak
South Korea
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Filipino
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
Before 1st century
1593
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
taga1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
31-CKA
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
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.