Countries
Philippines
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Philippines
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Tagalog Language
Armenian
Derived From
Spanish Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2824
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2317
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Salamat
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kumusta
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
magandang gabi
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Mangyaring
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Paalam
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Mahal kita
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Bikol
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Philippines
Greece
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Griko
Where They Speak
Philippines
Italy
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Philippines
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
825
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
filipino
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
filipino; pilipino
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Pilipino
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
16th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Filipino
Modern Greek
Language Position
3474
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
ell
ISO 639 2/B
fil
gre
ISO 639 3
fil
ell
ISO 639 6
fil
ells
Glottocode
fili1244
gree1276
Linguasphere
No Data Available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic