Countries
Philippines
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
India
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Dzongkha Development 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".
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Not Available
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
Tagalog
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
tagalog
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
1593
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
nucl1307
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Dzongkha language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.