Countries
Philippines
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Philippines
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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".
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Kamusta
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Salamat po
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
pakiusap
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Jeju
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Philippines
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Filipino
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tagalog
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
tagalog
coréen
German Name
Tagalog
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Koreans
Origin
1593
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Filipino
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
kore1280
Linguasphere
31-CKA
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Tagalog and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Korean language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Korean Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.