Filipino Speaking Countries

Filipino Countries

Filipino is one of the important languages. Filipino countries are the countries where Filipino is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Filipino countries are the countries where Filipino is main language. In Filipino countries, all the official documents are written in Filipino language. In Filipino speaking countries, various Filipino Dialects are spoken. Each Filipino dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Filipino speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Filipino Language.

Filipino national language and Filipino as a Second Language

Filipino speaking countries include both countries with Filipino national language and Filipino as a second language. Check if Filipino language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

Compare Filipino speaking countries with spanish speaking countries on Filipino vs Spanish.

Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

The Filipino countries mentioned under Filipino Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Filipino language.

Filipino as minority language

Countries with Filipino as minority language are also included in Filipino speaking countries.

Along with Filipino speaking countries check out Filipino speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

You can also explore more about all Oceania Languages which are spoken in Oceania Continent.

Filipino Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Filipino language are Filipino regulators. Filipino is regulated by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. The regulatory bodies of Filipino lie in Filipino speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Filipino:

• "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
• "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

The Filipino language is derived from Spanish Language and is closely related to Tagalog Language.