Countries
Philippines
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Philippines
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Tagalog Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Spanish Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2844
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2332
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
sannu
Thank You
Salamat
gode ku
How Are You?
Kumusta
yaya dai
Good Night
magandang gabi
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
barka da rana
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
mai kyau safe
Please
Mangyaring
Don Allah
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
yi hakuri
Bye
Paalam
sai anjima
I Love You
Mahal kita
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Bikol
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Philippines
Ghana
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Philippines
Niger
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Philippines
Niger
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
90.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.74 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
45.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
filipino
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
filipino; pilipino
haoussa
German Name
Pilipino
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
16th Century
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Hausa
Language Position
3434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
hau
ISO 639 2/B
fil
hau
ISO 639 3
fil
hau
ISO 639 6
fil
hau
Glottocode
fili1244
haus1257
Linguasphere
No Data Available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional