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Tagalog vs Danish


Danish vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Philippines  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

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".
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Hallo  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
God nat  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
God morgen  

Please
pakiusap  
Please  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Paálam  
Farvel  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tagalog  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
tagalog  
danois  

German Name
Tagalog  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1593  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
58  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
dan  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
dan  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
dan  

Glottocode
taga1269  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

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
-  
Fusional  

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Tagalog and Danish Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Danish language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 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 Danish Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Danish Difficulty

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

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