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English and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Philippines  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Philippines  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
-  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Tagalog Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
Hello  

Thank You
Salamat  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
How are you?  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
Good Morning  

Please
Mangyaring  
Please  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Sorry  

Bye
Paalam  
Bye  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
I love you  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
American English  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Waray  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
filipino  
English  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
English  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
anglais  

German Name
Pilipino  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Filipino people  
English people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Standard English  

Language Position
34  
32
3  
3

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
eng  

ISO 639 3
fil  
eng  

ISO 639 6
fil  
engs  

Glottocode
fili1244  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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All Filipino and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Filipino and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Filipino are spoken in different Filipino Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Filipino vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Filipino dialects include: Bikol, Hiligaynon. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Filipino and English Speaking population

Filipino and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and English languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Filipino vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and English Language Codes

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

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