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Tagalog vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Philippines  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Kamusta  

Thank You
Gracias  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Por Favor  
pakiusap  

Sorry
triste  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
adiós  
Paálam  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
Español  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
tagalog  

German Name
Spanisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Filipino  

Language Position
2  
2
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
spa  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
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
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Spanish and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Tagalog language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Tagalog Language History.

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

Spanish vs Tagalog Difficulty

The Spanish vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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