Countries
South Africa
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Philippines
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- "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
Dutch Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3228
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1723
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Kumusta
Thank You
Dankie
Salamat
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kumusta
Good Night
goeie nag
magandang gabi
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
goeie more
Magandang umaga
Please
asseblief
Mangyaring
Sorry
jammer
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Totsiens
Paalam
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Bikol
Where They Speak
-
Philippines
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
-
Philippines
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Waray
Where They Speak
Namibia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
7.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
filipino
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Pilipino
French Name
afrikaans
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Afrikaans
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Filipino people
Origin
17th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Filipino
Language Position
2334
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
fil
ISO 639 2/B
afr
fil
ISO 639 3
afr
fil
ISO 639 6
afrs
fil
Glottocode
afri1274
fili1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
-