Countries
Philippines
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Thailand
  
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
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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".
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
pakiusap
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Paálam
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Tagalog
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
tagalog
  
thaï
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
1593
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
47-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-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Tagalog and Thai 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 Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Thai language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Thai Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Thai 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 Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.