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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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