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Tagalog vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Philippines  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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".
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
24  
14

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Hai  

Thank You
Salamat po  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
Selamat pagi  

Please
pakiusap  
sila  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
maaf  

Bye
Paálam  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Tagalog  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
tagalog  
malais  

German Name
Tagalog  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
1593  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
58  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
may  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
may  

Glottocode
taga1269  
stan1306  

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Tagalog and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Malaysian language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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