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Indonesian vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Philippines   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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".
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Baybayin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Kamusta   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
mohon Untuk   
pakiusap   

Sorry
maaf   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Paálam   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Batangas, Gabon   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
indonésien   
tagalog   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
1593   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Filipino   

Language Position
56   
99+
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
ind   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Indonesian and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Tagalog language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Indonesian and Tagalog Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Tagalog Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Indonesian and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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