ISO 639-3 · filfil
Austronesian family
Filipino
Filipino is a language of the Tagalogic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Philippines. Wikidata counts about 90 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “official language of the Philippines; standard and prescriptive form of Tagalog language; alternative name for Tagalog language, particularly its standardized form”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fil- Glottocode
fili1244- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Wikipedia
- 91 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Filipino |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pilipino language, Filipino language, fil, Standard Tagalog |
| All speakers | 90,000,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Philippines |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Filipino
The branches above Filipino, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Philippines
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mspaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouscebCebuanoAustronesian · 15.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationiloIlocanoAustronesian · 9.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationhilHiligaynonAustronesian · 5.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationwarWaray-WarayAustronesian · 3.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationbikBikolAustronesian · 2.5 m