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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Philippines

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Philippines

1.4 Second Language

Philippines

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Tagalog Language

1.10 Derived From

Spanish Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Kumusta

3.2 Thank You

Salamat

3.3 How Are You?

Kumusta

3.4 Good Night

magandang gabi

3.5 Good Evening

Magandang gabi

3.6 Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon

3.7 Good Morning

Magandang umaga

3.8 Please

Mangyaring

3.9 Sorry

pinagsisisihan

3.10 Bye

Paalam

3.11 I Love You

Mahal kita

3.12 Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Bikol

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Philippines

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Hiligaynon

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Philippines

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

8,200,000.00
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Waray

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Philippines

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

2,600,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

90.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

45.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

45.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

filipino

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Pilipino

5.3.4 French Name

filipino; pilipino

5.3.5 German Name

Pilipino

5.4 Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

5.5 Ethnicity

Not Available

6 History

6.1 Origin

16th Century

6.2 Language Family

Austronesian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Filipino

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

No Data Available

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

fil

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

fil

7.3 ISO 639 3

fil

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

fili1244

7.6 Linguasphere

No Data Available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Filipino language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Filipino language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Filipino language states that it was put to use in 16th Century. The history of Filipino language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Filipino Language History. Filipino has no early forms. Filipino is the standard form of Filipino language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Filipino Language.

Filipino population

Filipino population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Filipino language. Filipino language is spoken by 90.00 million people in the world. Most of the Filipino population lies in the Filipino Speaking Countries. Filipino language is spoken as first language by 45.00 million people and as second language by about 45.00 million people. Get to know Filipino speaking population in detail.

Filipino writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Filipino writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Filipino language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Filipino language. Learn more about . 

Information about Filipino language

Check out all the information about Filipino language here. You may find it interesting to learn Filipino Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Filipino Speaking Countries, Filipino speaking continents and Filipino Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Filipino countries knowing common Filipino Greetings will help you in communicating with Filipino people.