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Croatian vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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".
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Kamusta  

Thank You
hvala  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
kako si  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
molim  
pakiusap  

Sorry
Oprostite  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Paálam  

I Love You
Volim te  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Philippines  

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
hrvatski  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
croate  
tagalog  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
9th century  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Filipino  

Language Position
23  
19
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Croatian and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Tagalog language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Croatian and Tagalog Language History.

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

Croatian vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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