Countries
Philippines
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Philippines
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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".
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-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
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
goeie more
  
Please
pakiusap
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
jammer
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
tagalog
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1593
  
17th Century
  
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
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Tagalog and Afrikaans 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 Tagalog and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Afrikaans language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Tagalog and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.