Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Philippines
National Language
France
Philippines
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Italian Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Latin
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
bonsoir
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Bonjour
Maayong Buntag
Please
S'il vous plaît
Palihug
I Love You
Je t'aime
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Boholano
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Bohol
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Africa
southern Leyte
Dialect 3
Swiss French
North Kana
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
français
Visayan
Alternative Names
Français
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
français
cebuano
German Name
Französisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Cebuano people
Origin
9th Century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Cebuano
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fr
No data Available
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
cebu1242
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French and Cebuano 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 French and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Cebuano language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common French Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Cebuano Difficulty
The French vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Cebuano 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 French and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.