Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
Please
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Bye
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
English
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
anglais
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
English and Filipino 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 English and Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Filipino language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common English Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Filipino Difficulty
The English vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Filipino 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 English and Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.