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Filipino
Filipino

Swahili
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Countries

Countries

Philippines
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Tagalog Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Spanish Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2824
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2321
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
Habari

Thank You

Salamat
Asante

How Are You?

Kumusta
Habari gani?

Good Night

magandang gabi
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Mangyaring
tafadhali

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
pole

Bye

Paalam
bye

I Love You

Mahal kita
nakupenda

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Philippines
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Philippines
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Philippines
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

2,600,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

812
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

90.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Pilipino
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

filipino; pilipino
swahili

German Name

Pilipino
Swahili

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Filipino people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

16th Century
6th century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
Swahili

Language Position

3421
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
swa

ISO 639 2/B

fil
swa

ISO 639 3

fil
swa

ISO 639 6

fil
swa

Glottocode

fili1244
swah1254

Linguasphere

No Data Available
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Filipino and Swahili Alphabets

Filipino and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Filipino and Swahili. In Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Filipino and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Filipino and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Filipino and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Filipino and Swahili Speaking population

Filipino and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Filipino vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Swahili Language Codes

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