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Tagalog vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Filipinos  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

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

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

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".
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Halo  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
pakiusap  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
maaf  

Bye
Paálam  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Balinese  

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

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Tagalog  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
tagalog  
indonésien  

German Name
Tagalog  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
1593  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Indonesian  

Language Position
58  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
ind  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
ind  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
ind  

Glottocode
taga1269  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

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
-  
Agglutinative  

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Tagalog and Indonesian Language History

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

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

Tagalog vs Indonesian Difficulty

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

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