Countries
Philippines
  
India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Paalam
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Filipino and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Sanskrit language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Filipino vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.