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Filipino vs Spanish


Spanish vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Philippines  
Spain  

Second Language
Philippines  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Tagalog Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
hola  

Thank You
Salamat  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
Buenos Días  

Please
Mangyaring  
Por Favor  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
triste  

Bye
Paalam  
adiós  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Cuba  

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

Dialect 3
Waray  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
13
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
filipino  
Español  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Pilipino  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
spa  

ISO 639 3
fil  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fili1244  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Filipino and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Spanish language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Filipino and Spanish Language History.

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Filipino and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Spanish language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Filipino vs Spanish Difficulty

The Filipino vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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