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Cebuano and French


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Hoy  

Thank You
Merci  
Salamat  

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  

Sorry
désolé  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
au revoir  
Babay  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
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
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
14.50 million  
19

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  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
13  
12
62  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
fra  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All French and Cebuano Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of French and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Cebuano Speaking population

French and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of French and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Cebuano on French vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Cebuano Language Codes

French and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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