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Afrikaans and Tagalog


Tagalog and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Philippines  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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".
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kamusta  

Thank You
Dankie  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
asseblief  
pakiusap  

Sorry
jammer  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Totsiens  
Paálam  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
-  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
afrikaans  
tagalog  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Filipino  

Language Position
23  
21
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
afr  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
tgl  

Glottocode
afri1274  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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All Afrikaans and Tagalog Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Tagalog Speaking population

Afrikaans and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Tagalog on Afrikaans vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Tagalog Language Codes

Afrikaans and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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