Countries
Philippines
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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".
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
bom Dia
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Paálam
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Português
  
French Name
tagalog
  
portugais
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
1593
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog and Portuguese Speaking population
Tagalog and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Tagalog vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tagalog and Portuguese Language Codes
Tagalog and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.