Countries
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-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
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
pakiusap
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
maaf
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
tagalog
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1593
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
indo1316
  
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
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Tagalog and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Indonesian language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.