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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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