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
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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Je t'aime
I love you
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Quebec French
American English
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
United States of America
Dialect 2
African French
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Africa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
United Kingdom
Native Name
français
English
Alternative Names
Français
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French Name
français
anglais
German Name
Französisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
9th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard English
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
stan1293
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic