French and Greek

French

Greek

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

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

Alphabets

Alphabets in

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Alphabets

Phonology

How Many Vowels

How Many Consonants

Scripts

Latin

Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks

44 weeks

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

6,200,000.00

2,800.00

99+

Dialect 2

African French

Griko

Where They Speak

Africa

Italy

How Many People Speak

Not Available

50,000.00

Dialect 3

Swiss French

Mariupol

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland

Ukraine

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00

Not Available

Total No. Of Dialects

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million

13.00 million

99+

Speaking Population

1.12 %

0.18 %

99+

Native Speakers

76.00 million

13.00 million

99+

Second Language Speakers

87.00 million

Not Available

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

Not Available

Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

9th Century

1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance

Hellenic

Branch

Not Available

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

99+

Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

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

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

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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.

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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.