Countries
Philippines
  
India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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".
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
tagalog
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1593
  
2000 B.C.
  
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
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
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 Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Sanskrit language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.