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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
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

3233
0 46
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National Language

France
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Africa, Canada
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Italian Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
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

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Hello

Thank You

Merci
Thank you

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
How are you?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Good Night

Good Evening

bonsoir
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Bonjour
Good Morning

Please

S'il vous plaît
Please

Sorry

désolé
Sorry

Bye

au revoir
Bye

I Love You

Je t'aime
I love you

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
American English

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
United States of America

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
English

Alternative Names

Français
English

French Name

français
anglais

German Name

Französisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

French people
English people

History

Origin

9th Century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Standard French
Standard English

Language Position

133
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
eng

ISO 639 2/B

fre
eng

ISO 639 3

fra
eng

ISO 639 6

fras
engs

Glottocode

stan1290
stan1293

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

French and English Alphabets

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

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

French and English Speaking population

French and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and English languages can be compared. The total count of French and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on French vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and English Language Codes

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