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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
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

323
0 46
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National Language

France
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Italian Language
Armenian

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2017
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Merci
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

bonsoir
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Bonjour
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

S'il vous plaît
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

désolé
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

au revoir
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Je t'aime
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Griko

Where They Speak

Africa
Italy

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2525
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Français
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

français
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Französisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

French people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

9th Century
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Standard French
Modern Greek

Language Position

1374
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
ell

ISO 639 2/B

fre
gre

ISO 639 3

fra
ell

ISO 639 6

fras
ells

Glottocode

stan1290
gree1276

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

French and Greek Alphabets

French and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Greek. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn French and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Greek Speaking population

French and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of French and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on French vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Greek Language Codes

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