Countries
Philippines
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
India
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Tagalog Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Spanish Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2843
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2334
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Salamat
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Kumusta
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
magandang gabi
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Mangyaring
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Paalam
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Mahal kita
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Bikol
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Philippines
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Philippines
India
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
813
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
90.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.74 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
45.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
45.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
filipino
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
filipino; pilipino
bhojpuri
German Name
Pilipino
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
16th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Bhojpuri
Language Position
3437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
bho
ISO 639 2/B
fil
bho
ISO 639 3
fil
bho
ISO 639 6
fil
bho
Glottocode
fili1244
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No Data Available
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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