Tagalog and Cantonese
Countries
Philippines
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Philippines
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Hawaii
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- 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".
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Baybayin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
你好吗？
Good Night
Magandang gabi
晚安
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
下午好
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
早上好
I Love You
Iniibig kita
我爱你
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
原谅我
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Philippines
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Filipino
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Philippines
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tagalog
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
tagalog
Not Available
German Name
Tagalog
Not Available
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Not Available
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
t1
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
Not Available
ISO 639 3
tg1
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
taga1269
cant1236
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Tagalog and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tagalog and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Tagalog and Cantonese Speaking population
Tagalog and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tagalog and Cantonese on Tagalog vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tagalog and Cantonese Language Codes
Tagalog and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.