Countries
Philippines
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
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
  
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Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
1,051.00 million
  
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
  
Origin
1593
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.