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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
Hong Kong, Macau

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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National Language

France
China, Guangdong

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
Hawaii

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division

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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.

Similar To

Italian Language
Chinese Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2628
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

68
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

610
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
您好

Thank You

Merci
谢谢

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
你好吗?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
晚安

Good Evening

bonsoir
晚上好

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
下午好

Good Morning

Bonjour
早上好

Please

S'il vous plaît

Sorry

désolé
遗憾

Bye

au revoir
再见

I Love You

Je t'aime
我爱你

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
原谅我

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Guangzhou

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
outside mainland China

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0071,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Xiguan

Where They Speak

Africa
Hong Kong

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0071,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Hong Kong

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Hong Kong

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0070,000,000.00
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 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %16.00 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million52.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million71.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Kwang Tung Wa

Alternative Names

Français
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese

French Name

français
cantonais

German Name

Französisch
Kantonesisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]

Ethnicity

French people
Han Chinese

History

Origin

9th Century
17th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Standard Cantonese

Language Position

131
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Cantonese

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

fr
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
yue

ISO 639 2/B

fre
yue

ISO 639 3

fra
No data available

ISO 639 6

fras
yue

Glottocode

stan1290
cant1236

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Cantonese Alphabets

French and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Cantonese. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn French and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Cantonese Speaking population

French and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on French vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Cantonese Language Codes

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