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Dutch vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Philippines   

Second Language
South Africa   
Filipinos   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Baybayin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Kamusta   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
alsjeblieft   
pakiusap   

Sorry
sorry   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
vaarwel   
Paálam   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Batangas, Gabon   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
Nederlands   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
tagalog   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1593   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Filipino   

Language Position
48   
35
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
nld   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Tagalog language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Tagalog Language History.

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

Dutch vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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