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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
India, Nepal

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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National Language

France
India, Nepal

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Nepal

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

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.
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.

Similar To

Italian Language
Bhojpuri Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2647
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

68
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2022
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
pranam

Thank You

Merci
dhanyabad

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Aahan kehan chhi ?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Śubharātri

Good Evening

bonsoir
shubh sandhya

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
dopahar ke bad namaskar

Good Morning

Bonjour
Suprabhaat

Please

S'il vous plaît
kripaya

Sorry

désolé
maf karai

Bye

au revoir
Alavidā

I Love You

Je t'aime
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
kripaya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Tharuwat

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Madhubani

Where They Speak

Africa
North India

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Khortha

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Deoghar, France

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0035,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2515
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million32.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.41 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million27.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million2.80 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)

Alternative Names

Français
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia

French Name

français
maithili

German Name

Französisch
Maithili

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈmaitʰili]

Ethnicity

French people
Maithil

History

Origin

9th Century
14th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Standard Maithili

Language Position

1340
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
mai

ISO 639 2/B

fre
mai

ISO 639 3

fra
mai

ISO 639 6

fras
mai

Glottocode

stan1290
mait1250

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Maithili Alphabets

French and Maithili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Maithili. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Maithili Alphabets there are 47 letters. To learn French and Maithili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Maithili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Maithili Speaking population

French and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of French and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on French vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Maithili Language Codes

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