Countries
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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".
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
tagalog
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1593
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Cebuano language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.