Countries
Philippines
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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".
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
pakiusap
  
sila
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
maaf
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
tagalog
  
malais
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
c. 683 AD
  
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
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Tagalog and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Malaysian language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.