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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
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

325
0 46
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National Language

France
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Italian Language
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

Latin
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

620
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
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
Mange tak

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
God nat

Good Evening

bonsoir
God aften

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

Bonjour
God morgen

Please

S'il vous plaît
Please

Sorry

désolé
Undskyld!

Bye

au revoir
Farvel

I Love You

Je t'aime
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Scanian

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Africa
Denmark

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
dansk

Alternative Names

Français
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

français
danois

German Name

Französisch
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

French people
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

9th Century
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Standard French
Rigsdansk

Language Position

1318
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
dan

ISO 639 2/B

fre
dan

ISO 639 3

fra
dan

ISO 639 6

fras
dan

Glottocode

stan1290
dani1284

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

French and Danish Alphabets

French and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Danish. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn French and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Danish Speaking population

French and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of French and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on French vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Danish Language Codes

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