Countries
Philippines
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
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".
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
pakiusap
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Paálam
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
tagalog
  
amharique
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1593
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Tagalog and Amharic 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 Tagalog and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Amharic language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Amharic Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Amharic 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 Tagalog and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.