Countries
Philippines
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Philippines
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
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
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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".
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
tagalog
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
1887
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Tagalog and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Esperanto language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.