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Portuguese vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Philippines  
Portugal  

Second Language
Filipinos  
United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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".
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Olá  

Thank You
Salamat po  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
bom Dia  

Please
pakiusap  
Por Favor  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
pesaroso  

Bye
Paálam  
tchau  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Tagalog  
Português  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Português  

French Name
tagalog  
portugais  

German Name
Tagalog  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1593  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Portuguese  

Language Position
58  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
por  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
por  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
por  

Glottocode
taga1269  
port1283  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
51-AAA-a  

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
-  
-  

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Tagalog and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Portuguese language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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