Countries
Philippines
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
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".
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Tagalog
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
tagalog
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
1593
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Tagalog and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Punjabi language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.