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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Sorry
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Philippines
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Waray
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Philippines
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
fili1244
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No Data Available
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.
