Countries
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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".
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Tagalog
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
tagalog
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian 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
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
fili1244
  
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 Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Filipino language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Filipino Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.