Countries
Philippines
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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".
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
sorry
  
Bye
Paálam
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
tagalog
  
somali
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1593
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
soma1255
  
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
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Somali language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Somali Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.