Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Philippines
National Language
Spain
Philippines
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- "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
French Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Latin
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Gracias
Salamat
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Kumusta
Good Night
Buenas Noches
magandang gabi
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Magandang umaga
Please
Por Favor
Mangyaring
Sorry
triste
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
Te Quiero
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Bikol
Where They Speak
Mexico
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Cuba
Philippines
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Waray
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Español
filipino
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Pilipino
French Name
espagnol; castillan
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Spanisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
210 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Filipino
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
es
No Data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
fili1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No Data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Spanish and Filipino Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Filipino language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Filipino Difficulty
The Spanish vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Filipino Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.