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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
32  
3
33  
2

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
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

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
6,200,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
African French  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
400.00 million  
1

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  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

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
13  
12
3  
3

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  

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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.

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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.

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