Countries
Philippines
Myanmar
National Language
Philippines
Myanmar
Second Language
Filipinos
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Mon
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Myanmar Language Commission
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".
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kamusta
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Salamat po
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
pakiusap
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Paálam
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Philippines
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Philippines
Burma
Native Name
Tagalog
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
tagalog
birman
German Name
Tagalog
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Bamar people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Filipino
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
sout3159
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
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
Analytic, Isolating
Tagalog and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Burmese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Burmese Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.