Countries
Philippines
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Philippines
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Tagalog Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Spanish Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2826
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2323
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Salamat
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kumusta
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
magandang gabi
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Mangyaring
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Paalam
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Mahal kita
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Bikol
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Wu
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Yue
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
810
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
90.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
filipino
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
filipino; pilipino
chinois
German Name
Pilipino
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Han
Origin
16th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Standard Chinese
Language Position
341
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
zho
ISO 639 2/B
fil
chi
ISO 639 3
fil
zho
ISO 639 6
fil
zho
Glottocode
fili1244
sini1245
Linguasphere
No Data Available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating