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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, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine

Total No. Of Countries

326
0 46
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National Language

France
Moldova, Romania

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Kazakhstan, Russia

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li

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.
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.

Similar To

Italian Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2631
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
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

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
alo

Thank You

Merci
multumesc

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
ce mai faci?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
noapte Buna

Good Evening

bonsoir
buna Seara

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
buna Ziua

Good Morning

Bonjour
bună Dimineața

Please

S'il vous plaît
Vă Rog

Sorry

désolé
scuze

Bye

au revoir
La revedere

I Love You

Je t'aime
Te iubesc

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Scuza-Ma

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Aromanian

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00250,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Megleno-Romanian

Where They Speak

Africa
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.005,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Istro-Romanian

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Croatia

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.001,400.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2510
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.37 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million4.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Română

Alternative Names

Français
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian

French Name

français
roumain; moldave

German Name

Französisch
Rumänisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[roˈmɨnə]

Ethnicity

French people
Romanians

History

Origin

9th Century
1521

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Romanian

Standard Forms

Standard French
Romanian

Language Position

1336
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
ro

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
ron

ISO 639 2/B

fre
rum

ISO 639 3

fra
ron

ISO 639 6

fras
ron

Glottocode

stan1290
roma1327

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
51-AAD-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

French and Romanian Alphabets

French and Romanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Romanian. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Romanian Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn French and Romanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Romanian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Romanian Speaking population

French and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on French vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Romanian Language Codes

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