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Chinese and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Philippines   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Philippines   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Tagalog Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
23   
13
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Salamat   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Mangyaring   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Paalam   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Waray   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
filipino   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Not Available   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
chinois   

German Name
Pilipino   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Han   

History

Origin
16th Century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
chi   

ISO 639 3
fil   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Filipino and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Filipino and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Filipino and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Filipino are spoken in different Filipino Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Filipino vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Filipino dialects include: Bikol, Hiligaynon. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Filipino and Chinese Speaking population

Filipino and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Filipino and Chinese on Filipino vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Chinese Language Codes

Filipino and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Filipino and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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