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Tagalog vs German


German vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Philippines  
Germany  

Second Language
Filipinos  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Council for German Orthography  

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".
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
18  
8
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
hallo  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Danke  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
guten Morgen  

Please
pakiusap  
bitte  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Paálam  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Tagalog  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
tagalog  
allemand  

German Name
Tagalog  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Germans  

History

Origin
1593  
6th Century AD  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
58  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
ger  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
taga1269  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

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, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Tagalog and German Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and German language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Tagalog vs German Difficulty

The Tagalog vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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