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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
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
South Africa

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Italian Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

610
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2043
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Molo

Thank You

Merci
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Unjani

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

bonsoir
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Bonjour
Molo

Please

S'il vous plaît
Ndicela

Sorry

désolé
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

au revoir
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
South Africa

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Thembu

Where They Speak

Africa
South Africa

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Hlubi

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

259
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Français
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

français
xhosa

German Name

Französisch
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

French people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

9th Century
16th 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
isiXhosa

Language Position

1321
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
xho

ISO 639 2/B

fre
xho

ISO 639 3

fra
xho

ISO 639 6

fras
xho

Glottocode

stan1290
xhos1239

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Xhosa Alphabets

French and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Xhosa. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn French and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Xhosa Speaking population

French and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of French and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on French vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Xhosa Language Codes

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