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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
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

326
0 46
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National Language

France
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

Africa, Canada
South Africa

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

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.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Similar To

Italian Language
German and English Languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
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
dankjewel

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
goede Nacht

Good Evening

bonsoir
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
goedemiddag

Good Morning

Bonjour
goedemorgen

Please

S'il vous plaît
alsjeblieft

Sorry

désolé
sorry

Bye

au revoir
vaarwel

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Gronings

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Africa
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Limburgian

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

257
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million22.00 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
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Français
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

français
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Französisch
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

French people
Dutch people

History

Origin

9th Century
AD 450-500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Standard French
Standard Dutch

Language Position

1348
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
nld

ISO 639 2/B

fre
dut

ISO 639 3

fra
nld

ISO 639 6

fras
nld

Glottocode

stan1290
mode1257

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

French and Dutch Alphabets

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

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

French and Dutch Speaking population

French and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of French and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on French vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Dutch Language Codes

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