Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Philippines
Second Language
Indonesia
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- "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
Indonesian Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2628
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2423
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Kumusta
Thank You
terima kasih
Salamat
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Kumusta
Good Night
Selamat Malam
magandang gabi
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Magandang umaga
Please
sila
Mangyaring
Sorry
maaf
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Paalam
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Bikol
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
30,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Waray
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
248
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %1.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
filipino
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Pilipino
French Name
malais
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Malaiisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Filipino people
Origin
c. 683 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Filipino
Language Position
5434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
fil
ISO 639 2/B
may
fil
ISO 639 3
zsm
fil
ISO 639 6
may
fil
Glottocode
stan1306
fili1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-