Countries
Philippines
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Philippines
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Filipinos
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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".
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Baybayin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Kamusta
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Salamat po
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Magandang gabi
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Iniibig kita
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Philippines
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Philippines
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
Tagalog
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
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French Name
tagalog
chinois
German Name
Tagalog
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
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Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Han
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
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Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
taga1269
sini1245
Linguasphere
31-CKA
79-AAA
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
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Analytic, Isolating
Tagalog and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Chinese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Chinese Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.