In this video I compare the features of Tagalog (also known as Filipino) and Indonesian (along with Malay).
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This video about the similarities and differences between the Indonesian language and Tagalog (and since Malay and Indonesian are so closely related, it's also a comparison of Malay and Tagalog).

Indonesian and Tagalog are definitely not mutually intelligible. Their speakers can't understand each other without studying the other language. But they are both members of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, meaning that they developed from the same language (a very long time ago). Some of their similarities stem from their common ancient origins, and other similarities stem from Malay influence on Tagalog in more recent centuries.

There are numerous similar words between the two languages, but not the majority of words. They have a lot of grammatical differences, with Indonesian being primarily SVO, and Tagalog being primarily VSO. Tagalog also has focus markers, that show us which word is the focus of the sentence (either subject or object). There is no equivalent of this in Indonesian (for the most part).

It's worth noting that both Indonesia and Philippines have many languages, and they have languages that are more similar than Indonesian and Tagalog. But that's a topic for another video. :)

Special thanks to Yogga Ferditya for his Indonesian samples, and Jose Urrutia for his Tagalog samples!

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Music:
Main: “Actually Like” by Twin Musicom.
Outro: “Spy Funk” by Quincas Moreira.

The following images are used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license:

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Austronesian_famil… Author: Stefano Coretta.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Southeast_A… Authors: Cacahuate, amendments by Globe-trotter and Texugo.