Countries
Philippines
Indonesia
National Language
Philippines
Indonesia
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Not Available
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Baybayin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Salamat po
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Sugeng énjing
Please
pakiusap
Not Available
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Paálam
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Philippines
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Filipino
Arekan
Where They Speak
Philippines
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tagalog
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
tagalog
javanais
German Name
Tagalog
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Javanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
java1253
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
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 Javanese 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 Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Javanese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Javanese Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.