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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
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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32
Rank: 3 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
France
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Africa, Canada
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Italian Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
17
Rank: 7 (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)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
bonjour
hallo
3.2 Thank You
Merci
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
bonne Nuit
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
bonsoir
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
Bonjour
goeie more
3.8 Please
S'il vous plaît
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
désolé
jammer
3.10 Bye
au revoir
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Je t'aime
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Quebec French
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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6,200,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
African French
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Africa
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
About Dzongkha Language
4.3 Dialect 3
Swiss French
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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1,800,000.00
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (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)
19.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.12 %
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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76.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall)
7.10 million
Rank: 58 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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87.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
10.30 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
français
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Français
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
français
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Französisch
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
17th Century
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
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 12 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
fr
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
fra
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
fre
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
fra
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
fras
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
stan1290
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic

French and Afrikaans Alphabets

French and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Afrikaans. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn French and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Afrikaans Speaking population

French and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of French and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Afrikaans on French vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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