Countries
Philippines
India, No official status
National Language
Philippines
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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".
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Baybayin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kamusta
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Salamat po
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
pakiusap
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Paálam
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Filipino
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Philippines
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tagalog
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
tagalog
bhojpuri
German Name
Tagalog
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Not Available
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
31-CKA
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
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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Tagalog and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Bhojpuri language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.
