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Tagalog vs Dutch


Dutch vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

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

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

Alphabets
25   
7
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Baybayin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

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
90,000.00   
30
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.32 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
58   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Tagalog and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Dutch language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Tagalog and Dutch Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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