Countries
Philippines
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Japan
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Tagalog Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Spanish Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2899
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2314
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Salamat
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Kumusta
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
magandang gabi
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Mangyaring
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Paalam
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Mahal kita
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Bikol
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Philippines
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Hakata
Where They Speak
Philippines
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Kansai
Where They Speak
Philippines
kansai
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
831
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
filipino
日本語
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Nihongo
French Name
filipino; pilipino
japonais
German Name
Pilipino
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
16th Century
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Filipino
Japanese
Language Position
348
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
fil
jpn
ISO 639 3
fil
jpn
ISO 639 6
fil
jpn
Glottocode
fili1244
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No Data Available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic