Countries
Philippines
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
sila
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
maaf
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
filipino
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
malais
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Filipino and Malaysian 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 Filipino and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Malaysian language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Filipino vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Filipino and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.