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Filipino

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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Ghana

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Akan Orthography 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.
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.

Similar To

Tagalog Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Spanish Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2821
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2316
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
ete-sen

Thank You

Salamat
meda ase

How Are You?

Kumusta
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

magandang gabi
maadwo

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
maadwo

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
maaha

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
maakye

Please

Mangyaring
wae

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
Kafra

Bye

Paalam
bye

I Love You

Mahal kita
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Asante

Where They Speak

Philippines
Ghana

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Philippines
Ghana

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
Fante

Where They Speak

Philippines
Ghana

How Many People Speak

2,600,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

83
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

90.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
Akan

Alternative Names

Pilipino
Twi, Fante

French Name

filipino; pilipino
akan

German Name

Pilipino
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Filipino people
Akan people

History

Origin

16th Century
15

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
Akan

Language Position

34104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
aka

ISO 639 2/B

fil
aka

ISO 639 3

fil
aka

ISO 639 6

fil
aka

Glottocode

fili1244
akan1251

Linguasphere

No Data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Filipino and Akan Alphabets

Filipino and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Filipino and Akan. In Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Filipino and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Filipino and Akan languages. The Filipino phonology consist Filipino vowels and Filipino consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Filipino greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Filipino and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Filipino and Akan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Filipino and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Filipino and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Filipino are spoken in different Filipino Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Filipino vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Filipino dialects include: Bikol, Hiligaynon. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Filipino and Akan Speaking population

Filipino and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Filipino and Akan on Filipino vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Akan Language Codes

Filipino and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Filipino and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.