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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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