Countries
Philippines
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Philippines
Second Language
Philippines
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Tagalog Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Spanish Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2825
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2318
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
Kamusta
Thank You
Salamat
Salamat po
How Are You?
Kumusta
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
magandang gabi
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
Magandang umaga po
Please
Mangyaring
pakiusap
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Paalam
Paálam
I Love You
Mahal kita
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Bikol
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Philippines
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Philippines
Philippines
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Filipino
Where They Speak
Philippines
Philippines
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
filipino
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
filipino; pilipino
tagalog
German Name
Pilipino
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Tagalog people
Origin
16th Century
1593
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Filipino
Filipino
Language Position
3458
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
fil
tgl
ISO 639 3
fil
tg1
ISO 639 6
fil
tgl
Glottocode
fili1244
taga1269
Linguasphere
No Data Available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-