Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Philippines
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 in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
pardon
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Gronings
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Filipino
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Philippines
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Filipino
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
taga1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
31-CKA
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
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.