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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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