Home
Languagevs


Tagalog and English


English and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Philippines  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Filipinos  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
-  

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".
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Hello  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
Good Morning  

Please
pakiusap  
Please  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Sorry  

Bye
Paálam  
Bye  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
American English  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Tagalog  
English  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
English  

French Name
tagalog  
anglais  

German Name
Tagalog  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
English people  

History

Origin
1593  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Standard English  

Language Position
58  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
eng  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
eng  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
engs  

Glottocode
taga1269  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
52-ABA  

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
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

Summary >>
<< Code

All Tagalog and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tagalog and English dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Tagalog and English Speaking population

Tagalog and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and English languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tagalog and English on Tagalog vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and English Language Codes

Tagalog and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages