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Tagalog vs Italian


Italian vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Philippines   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Filipinos   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
16   
6

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   
ciao   

Thank You
Salamat po   
grazie   

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Magandang gabi   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po   
buongiorno   

Please
pakiusap   
Per Favore   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
scusate   

Bye
Paálam   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Iniibig kita   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Tagalog   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino   
Italiano   

French Name
tagalog   
italien   

German Name
Tagalog   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
Italians   

History

Origin
1593   
960 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Italian   

Language Position
58   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
t1   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
tgl   
ita   

ISO 639 3
tg1   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
taga1269   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
31-CKA   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Tagalog and Italian Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Italian language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Italian Difficulty

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

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