Countries
Philippines
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Philippines
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
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
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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".
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
tagalog
  
coréen
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Koreans
  
Origin
1593
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative