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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
32  
3
46  
1
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
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2
How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12
Scripts
Latin  
Latin  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6
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
6,200,000.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
6
Dialect 2
African French  
Cuban Spanish  
Where They Speak
Africa  
Cuba  
How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
11,000,000.00  
35
Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Puerto Rico  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+
Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
21  
19
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
489.00 million  
3
Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
6.15 %  
3
Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
410.00 million  
2
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
89.50 million  
9
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
13  
12
2  
2
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  
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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.

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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

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