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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
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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National Language

France
Malta

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
National Council for the Maltese Language

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.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Italian Language
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Latin
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2630
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2024
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Ħello

Thank You

Merci
Grazzi

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Kif int?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

bonsoir
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

Bonjour
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

S'il vous plaît
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

désolé
Skużani!

Bye

au revoir
Ċaw

I Love You

Je t'aime
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Qormi

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Africa
Malta

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Not Present

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
-

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Malti

Alternative Names

Français
Malti

French Name

français
maltais

German Name

Französisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

French people
Maltese

History

Origin

9th Century
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Semitic

Branch

-
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Maltese

Language Position

1325
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

fre
mlt

ISO 639 3

fra
mlt

ISO 639 6

fras
mlt

Glottocode

stan1290
malt1254

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

French and Maltese Alphabets

French and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Maltese. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn French and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Maltese Speaking population

French and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on French vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Maltese Language Codes

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