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German vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Philippines   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kamusta   

Thank You
Danke   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
bitte   
pakiusap   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
Tschüs   
Paálam   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Batangas, Gabon   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
Deutsch   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
allemand   
tagalog   

German Name
Deutsch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1593   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Filipino   

Language Position
9   
9
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
deu   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of German vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of German and Tagalog language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Tagalog Language History.

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

German vs Tagalog Difficulty

The German vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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