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French and German


German and French


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   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
7   
8

National Language
France   
Germany   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
North Dakota, United States of America   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
hallo   

Thank You
Merci   
Danke   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
guten Morgen   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
bitte   

Sorry
désolé   
Verzeihung   

Bye
au revoir   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
African French   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
français   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Français   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
français   
allemand   

German Name
Französisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Germans   

History

Origin
9th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
13   
12
9   
9

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
ger   

ISO 639 3
fra   
deu   

ISO 639 6
fras   
deus   

Glottocode
stan1290   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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French and German Speaking population

French and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and German languages can be compared. The total count of French and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on French vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and German Language Codes

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

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