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1 Countries
1.1 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
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
32
Rank: 3 (Overall)
7
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
France
Germany
1.4 Second Language
Africa, Canada
North Dakota, United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
1.7 Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Council for German Orthography
1.8 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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
1.9 Similar To
Italian Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Albanian Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
About Thai Lang..
6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
About Hmong Lan..
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
9
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
bonjour
hallo
3.2 Thank You
Merci
Danke
3.3 How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Wie geht es dir?
3.4 Good Night
bonne Nuit
gute Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
bonsoir
guten Abend
3.6 Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
guten Tag
3.7 Good Morning
Bonjour
guten Morgen
3.8 Please
S'il vous plaît
bitte
3.9 Sorry
désolé
Verzeihung
3.10 Bye
au revoir
Tschüs
3.11 I Love You
Je t'aime
Ich liebe dich
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Entschuldigung
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Quebec French
Swiss German
4.1.1 Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Switzerland
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
6,200,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
4,500,000.00
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
African French
Swabian German
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Africa
Germany
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
820,000.00
Rank: 26 (Overall)
About Dzongkha Language
4.3 Dialect 3
Swiss French
Texas German
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Texas
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
About Swedish L..
1,800,000.00
Rank: 16 (Overall)
6,000.00
Rank: 35 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
28
Rank: 23 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
163.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
229.00 million
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.12 %
Rank: 17 (Overall)
1.39 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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76.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall)
101.00 million
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
About English L..
87.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
128.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
français
Deutsch
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Français
Deutsch, Tedesco
5.3.4 French Name
français
allemand
5.3.5 German Name
Französisch
Deutsch
5.4 Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Germans
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
6th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard French
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
6.3.3 Language Position
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13
Rank: 12 (Overall)
9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed German
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
fr
de
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
fra
deu
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
fre
ger
7.3 ISO 639 3
fra
deu
7.4 ISO 639 6
fras
deus
7.5 Glottocode
stan1290
high1287, uppe1397
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
52-ACB–dl & -dm
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

French and German Alphabets

French and German Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and German. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in German Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn French and German languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and German languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs German greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and German are Most Spoken Languages.

All French and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of French and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

French and German Speaking population

French and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and German languages can be compared. The total count of French and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on French vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and German Language Codes

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

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