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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Philippines
1.4 Second Language
Philippines
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Tagalog Language
1.10 Derived From
Spanish Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Kumusta
3.2 Thank You
Salamat
3.3 How Are You?
Kumusta
3.4 Good Night
magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
Magandang gabi
3.6 Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
3.7 Good Morning
Magandang umaga
3.8 Please
Mangyaring
3.9 Sorry
pinagsisisihan
3.10 Bye
Paalam
3.11 I Love You
Mahal kita
3.12 Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Bikol
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
8,200,000.00
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Waray
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
2,600,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
90.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
45.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
45.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
filipino
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Pilipino
5.3.4 French Name
filipino; pilipino
5.3.5 German Name
Pilipino
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Filipino
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No Data Available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
fil
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
fil
7.3 ISO 639 3
fil
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
fili1244
7.6 Linguasphere
No Data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Filipino language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Filipino language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Filipino language states that it was put to use in 16th Century. The history of Filipino language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Filipino Language History. Filipino has no early forms. Filipino is the standard form of Filipino language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Filipino Language.

Filipino population

Filipino population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Filipino language. Filipino language is spoken by 90.00 million people in the world. Most of the Filipino population lies in the Filipino Speaking Countries. Filipino language is spoken as first language by 45.00 million people and as second language by about 45.00 million people. Get to know Filipino speaking population in detail.

Filipino writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Filipino writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Filipino language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Filipino language. Learn more about . 

Information about Filipino language

Check out all the information about Filipino language here. You may find it interesting to learn Filipino Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Filipino Speaking Countries, Filipino speaking continents and Filipino Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Filipino countries knowing common Filipino Greetings will help you in communicating with Filipino people.

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