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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
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
South Africa

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Die Taalkommissie, 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Italian Language
Dutch Language

Derived From

Latin
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

615
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2017
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
hallo

Thank You

Merci
Dankie

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

bonne Nuit
goeie nag

Good Evening

bonsoir
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Goeie middag

Good Morning

Bonjour
goeie more

Please

S'il vous plaît
asseblief

Sorry

désolé
jammer

Bye

au revoir
Totsiens

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
-

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Africa
-

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Namibia

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Français
Cape Dutch

French Name

français
afrikaans

German Name

Französisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

French people
Afrikaners

History

Origin

9th Century
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Standard French
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

1323
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
afr

ISO 639 2/B

fre
afr

ISO 639 3

fra
afr

ISO 639 6

fras
afrs

Glottocode

stan1290
afri1274

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

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 0.03 %. 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.