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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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