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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
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
New Zealand

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

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
Māori Language Commission

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.
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.

Similar To

Italian Language
Tahitian Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2620
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2010
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Hello

Thank You

Merci
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Night pai

Good Evening

bonsoir
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

Bonjour
Morning pai

Please

S'il vous plaît
Tēnā

Sorry

désolé
Aroha mai

Bye

au revoir
poroporoaki

I Love You

Je t'aime
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Africa
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Français
New Zealand Maori

French Name

français
maori

German Name

Französisch
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

French people
Māori people

History

Origin

9th Century
1814

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Romance
Polynesian

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Maori

Language Position

1326
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
mri

ISO 639 2/B

fre
mao

ISO 639 3

fra
mri

ISO 639 6

fras
mri

Glottocode

stan1290
maor1246

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 Maori Alphabets

French and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Maori. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn French and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Maori 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 Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Maori Speaking population

French and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of French and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on French vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Maori Language Codes

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