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
  
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 in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.