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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Italian Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Latin
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
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Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Kumusta
Good Night
bonne Nuit
magandang gabi
Good Evening
bonsoir
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
Bonjour
Magandang umaga
Please
S'il vous plaît
Mangyaring
Sorry
désolé
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
Je t'aime
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Bikol
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Africa
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Waray
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Philippines
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
français
filipino
Alternative Names
Français
Pilipino
French Name
français
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Französisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
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
Filipino
Language Position
Not Available
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
fili1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No Data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Filipino language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common French Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Filipino Difficulty
The French vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.