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Tagalog vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
25   
7
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
24   
14

Scripts
Baybayin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
58   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Tagalog and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Malaysian language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tagalog and Malaysian Language History.

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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.

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