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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
Norway

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Norway

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Nynorsk

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Norwegian Language Council

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.
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.

Similar To

Italian Language
Swedish and Danish Languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

69
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
hallo

Thank You

Merci
takk

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
hvordan har du det?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
god natt

Good Evening

bonsoir
god kveld

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
god ettermiddag

Good Morning

Bonjour
god morgen

Please

S'il vous plaît
Vær så snill

Sorry

désolé
unnskyld

Bye

au revoir
ha det

I Love You

Je t'aime
Jeg Elsker Deg

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
unnskyld meg

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Jamtlandic

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Jamtland,Harjedalen

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Sognamål

Where They Speak

Africa
Sogn

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Hallingmål-Valdris

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Hallingdal, Valdres

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.005,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2519
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million5.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million5.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Norsk

Alternative Names

Français
Norsk

French Name

français
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien

German Name

Französisch
Nynorsk

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)

Ethnicity

French people
Norwegians

History

Origin

9th Century
c. 1300 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian

Standard Forms

Standard French
Nynorsk, Bokmål

Language Position

1318
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Norwegian

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
no

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
nor

ISO 639 2/B

fre
nor

ISO 639 3

fra
nor

ISO 639 6

fras
nor

Glottocode

stan1290
norw1258

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

French and Norwegian Alphabets

French and Norwegian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Norwegian. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn French and Norwegian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Norwegian Speaking population

French and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on French vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Norwegian Language Codes

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