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English and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Philippines   
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   

Second Language
Philippines   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Tagalog Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
Hello   

Thank You
Salamat   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
How are you?   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga   
Good Morning   

Please
Mangyaring   
Please   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
Sorry   

Bye
Paalam   
Bye   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
I love you   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
American English   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Waray   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
188   
34

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
filipino   
English   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Not Available   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
anglais   

German Name
Pilipino   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
eng   

ISO 639 3
fil   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
fili1244   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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All Filipino and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Filipino and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Filipino are spoken in different Filipino Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Filipino vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Filipino dialects include: Bikol, Hiligaynon. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Filipino and English Speaking population

Filipino and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and English languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Filipino vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and English Language Codes

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

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