Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
sila
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
maaf
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
malais
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
1593
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Tagalog language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.