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Italian vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Philippines   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
Kamusta   

Thank You
grazie   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
Per Favore   
pakiusap   

Sorry
scusate   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
arrivederci   
Paálam   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Batangas, Gabon   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
Italiano   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
italien   
tagalog   

German Name
Italienisch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1593   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Italian   
Filipino   

Language Position
27   
23
58   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
ita   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
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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Italian and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Tagalog language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Tagalog Language History.

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

Italian vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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