Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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".
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
hej
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
god morgon
  
Please
pakiusap
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Paálam
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
tagalog
  
suédois
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1593
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
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 Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Swedish language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Swedish Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.