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Filipino vs English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
90.00 million   
17

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
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   

History

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
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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English and Filipino Language History

Comparison of English vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of English and Filipino language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 English and Filipino Language History.

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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.

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