Countries
Philippines
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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".
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
pakiusap
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Paálam
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
tagalog
  
persan
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1593
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
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
  
Synthetic
  
Tagalog and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Persian language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Persian Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.