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Tagalog vs Chinese


Chinese vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Philippines   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Filipinos   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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".
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Chinese.jpg#200   

Alphabets
25   
7
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
18   
8
23   
13

Scripts
Baybayin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Salamat po   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Magandang gabi   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
pakiusap   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Paálam   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Iniibig kita   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Tagalog   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino   
Not Available   

French Name
tagalog   
chinois   

German Name
Tagalog   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
Han   

History

Origin
1593   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan 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 Chinese   

Language Position
58   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
t1   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
tgl   
chi   

ISO 639 3
tg1   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
taga1269   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
31-CKA   
79-AAA   

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   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Tagalog and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Chinese language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tagalog and Chinese Language History.

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Tagalog and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Chinese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tagalog vs Chinese Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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