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
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Philippines
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Waray
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Philippines
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
filipino
-9999
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
filipino; pilipino
swahili
German Name
Pilipino
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
16th Century
6th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Swahili
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fili1244
swah1254
Linguasphere
No Data Available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available