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Filipino vs Spanish


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
27  
9
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
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  

History

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
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Spanish and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Filipino language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Spanish and Filipino Language History.

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

Spanish vs Filipino Difficulty

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

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