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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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