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Tagalog vs Filipino


Filipino vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
23  
13

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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
90,000.00  
30
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
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  

History

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
58  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Tagalog and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Filipino language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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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.

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