Countries
Philippines
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Philippines
South Africa
Second Language
Philippines
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Tagalog Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Spanish Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2832
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2317
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
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kumusta
hallo
Thank You
Salamat
Dankie
How Are You?
Kumusta
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
magandang gabi
goeie nag
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
goeie more
Please
Mangyaring
asseblief
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
jammer
Bye
Paalam
Totsiens
I Love You
Mahal kita
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Bikol
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Philippines
-
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Waray
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Philippines
Namibia
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
filipino
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Cape Dutch
French Name
filipino; pilipino
afrikaans
German Name
Pilipino
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Afrikaners
Origin
16th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
afr
ISO 639 2/B
fil
afr
ISO 639 3
fil
afr
ISO 639 6
fil
afrs
Glottocode
fili1244
afri1274
Linguasphere
No Data Available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic