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French vs Tagalog


Tagalog 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   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Baybayin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Kamusta   

Thank You
Merci   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
pakiusap   

Sorry
désolé   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
au revoir   
Paálam   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Batangas, Gabon   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
français   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Français   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
français   
tagalog   

German Name
Französisch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1593   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Filipino   

Language Position
13   
12
58   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
fra   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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French and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of French vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of French and Tagalog language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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French and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Tagalog language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common French Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Tagalog Difficulty

The French vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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