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
Total No. Of Countries
321
0
46
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National Language
France
India
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Italian Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2642
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2031
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
bonjour
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Merci
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
bonsoir
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Bonjour
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
S'il vous plaît
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
désolé
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
au revoir
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Je t'aime
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Baleswari
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
India
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
African French
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Africa
India
How Many People Speak
274,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Swiss French
Kosli
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
India
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.12 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
76.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
87.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
français
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Français
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
français
oriya
German Name
Französisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
French people
Odias
Origin
9th Century
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Odia
Language Position
1332
1
120
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Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
fr
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fra
ori
ISO 639 2/B
fre
ori
ISO 639 3
fra
ori
ISO 639 6
fras
ori
Glottocode
stan1290
macr1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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