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Tagalog vs Turkish


Turkish vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Philippines  
Turkey  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Turkish Language Association  

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".
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Salamat po  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
günaydın  

Please
pakiusap  
lütfen  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Paálam  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Tagalog  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
tagalog  
turc  

German Name
Tagalog  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1593  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
58  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
tur  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
tur  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
tur  

Glottocode
taga1269  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
44-AAB-a  

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
-  
Synthetic  

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Tagalog and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Turkish language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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