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Tagalog vs Spanish


Spanish vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Philippines   
Spain   

Second Language
Filipinos   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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".
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
25   
7
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
22   
12

Scripts
Baybayin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta   
hola   

Thank You
Salamat po   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Magandang gabi   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po   
Buenos Días   

Please
pakiusap   
Por Favor   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
triste   

Bye
Paálam   
adiós   

I Love You
Iniibig kita   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Tagalog   
Español   

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
tagalog   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Tagalog   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1593   
210 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
58   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
t1   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
tgl   
spa   

ISO 639 3
tg1   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
taga1269   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
31-CKA   
51-AAA-b   

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   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Tagalog and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Spanish language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tagalog and Spanish Language History.

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Tagalog and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Spanish language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tagalog vs Spanish Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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