Countries
Philippines
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
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
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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".
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
Tagalog
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
tagalog
  
hindi
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1593
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
59-AAF-qf
  
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
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Tagalog and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Hindi language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Hindi Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.