Countries
Philippines
  
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
  
National Language
Philippines
  
France
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
désolé
  
Bye
Paalam
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
filipino
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Français
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
français
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic