Countries
Philippines
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Philippines
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Filipinos
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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".
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
German and English Languages
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Salamat po
dankjewel
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
goedemorgen
Please
pakiusap
alsjeblieft
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
sorry
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
pardon
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Gronings
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Philippines
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Filipino
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
Tagalog
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
tagalog
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Tagalog
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Dutch people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Germanic
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
taga1269
mode1257
Linguasphere
31-CKA
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
Tagalog and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Dutch language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Dutch Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.