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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
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

324
0 46
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National Language

France
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Italian Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Habari

Thank You

Merci
Asante

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Habari gani?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

bonsoir
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Bonjour
Habari za asubuhi

Please

S'il vous plaît
tafadhali

Sorry

désolé
pole

Bye

au revoir
bye

I Love You

Je t'aime
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Africa
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2512
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Français
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

français
swahili

German Name

Französisch
Swahili

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

French people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

9th Century
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Swahili

Language Position

1321
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
swa

ISO 639 2/B

fre
swa

ISO 639 3

fra
swa

ISO 639 6

fras
swa

Glottocode

stan1290
swah1254

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Swahili Alphabets

French and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Swahili. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn French and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Swahili Speaking population

French and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of French and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on French vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Swahili Language Codes

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