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Cebuano vs 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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French and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of French vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of French and Cebuano language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Cebuano Language History.

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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.

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