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Spanish vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Philippines  
Spain  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
Buenos Días  

Please
pakiusap  
Por Favor  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
triste  

Bye
Paálam  
adiós  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Tagalog  
Español  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
tagalog  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Tagalog  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
1593  
210 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
58  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
spa  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
spa  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
spa  

Glottocode
taga1269  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Tagalog and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Spanish language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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