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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
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

3246
0 46
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National Language

France
Spain

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Italian Language
French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2022
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
hola

Thank You

Merci
Gracias

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

bonsoir
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Bonjour
Buenos Días

Please

S'il vous plaît
Por Favor

Sorry

désolé
triste

Bye

au revoir
adiós

I Love You

Je t'aime
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Africa
Cuba

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2521
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Español

Alternative Names

Français
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

français
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Französisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

French people
Spanish people

History

Origin

9th Century
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Standard French
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

132
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
spa

ISO 639 2/B

fre
spa

ISO 639 3

fra
spa

ISO 639 6

fras
spa

Glottocode

stan1290
stan1288

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

French and Spanish Alphabets

French and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Spanish. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn French and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Spanish Speaking population

French and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of French and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on French vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Spanish Language Codes

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