Countries
Japan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Korean Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
-
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9928
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1423
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Kumusta
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Salamat
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kumusta
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
magandang gabi
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Magandang umaga
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Mangyaring
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Paalam
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Bikol
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Philippines
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Waray
Where They Speak
kansai
Philippines
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
318
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %1.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
filipino
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Pilipino
French Name
japonais
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Japanisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Filipino people
Origin
1185
16th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Filipino
Language Position
834
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
fil
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
fil
ISO 639 3
jpn
fil
ISO 639 6
jpn
fil
Glottocode
nucl1643
fili1244
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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