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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
Wales

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Wales

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Argentina, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Welsh Language Commissioner

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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.

Similar To

Italian Language
English Language

Derived From

Latin
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
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

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Helô

Thank You

Merci
Diolch

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Nos da

Good Evening

bonsoir
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
P'nawn da

Good Morning

Bonjour
Bore da

Please

S'il vous plaît
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

désolé
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

au revoir
Hwyl

I Love You

Je t'aime
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

Africa
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Powys

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

258
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

Français
Cymraeg

French Name

français
gallois

German Name

Französisch
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

French people
Welsh people

History

Origin

9th Century
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Celtic

Branch

-
Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Standard French
Welsh

Language Position

1331
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
cym

ISO 639 2/B

fre
wel

ISO 639 3

fra
cym

ISO 639 6

fras
cym

Glottocode

stan1290
wels1247

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

French and Welsh Alphabets

French and Welsh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Welsh. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn French and Welsh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Welsh are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Welsh Speaking population

French and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of French and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. 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 Welsh on French vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Welsh Language Codes

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