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Tagalog vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Philippines  

Second Language
United States of America  
Filipinos  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Kamusta  

Thank You
obrigado  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Por Favor  
pakiusap  

Sorry
pesaroso  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
tchau  
Paálam  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Português  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Português  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
portugais  
tagalog  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Filipino  

Language Position
6  
6
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
por  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
por  
tgl  

Glottocode
port1283  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
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
-  
-  

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Portuguese and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Tagalog language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese and Tagalog Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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