Countries
Philippines
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Philippines
Portugal
Second Language
Filipinos
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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".
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Salamat po
obrigado
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Como você está?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
boa noite
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
bom Dia
Please
pakiusap
Por Favor
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
pesaroso
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bisalog
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Philippines
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Filipino
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Philippines
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Tagalog
Português
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Português
French Name
tagalog
portugais
German Name
Tagalog
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Filipino
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
port1283
Linguasphere
31-CKA
51-AAA-a
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
Not Available
Tagalog and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Portuguese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.