1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Philippines
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
1.8 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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Tagalog Language
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Spanish Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
Magandang gabi
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Magandang hapon
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
Magandang umaga
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Mahal kita
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
patawarin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Philippines
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hiligaynon
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Philippines
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA8,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,600,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million90.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million45.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million45.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
afrikaans
filipino; pilipino
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Filipino
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No Data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology