Countries
Philippines
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- 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".
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
pakiusap
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
sorry
  
Bye
Paálam
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
tagalog
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
1593
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic