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English vs 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  

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Tagalog and English Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and English language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 Tagalog and English Language History.

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

Tagalog vs English Difficulty

The Tagalog vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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