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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Italian Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Merci
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Kumusta?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
bonsoir
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
Bonjour
Naimbag a bigat
Please
S'il vous plaît
Not available
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Balangao
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Philippines
Dialect 2
African French
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Africa
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Not present
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
ilokano
Alternative Names
Français
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
français
ilocano
German Name
Französisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Ilocano people
Origin
9th Century
18th 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
Modern Ilocano
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
ilok1237
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
31-CBA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Ilocano language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common French Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Ilocano Difficulty
The French vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.
