Countries
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
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Spain
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
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
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
triste
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
adiós
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Español
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
210 BC
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available