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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

Total No. Of Countries

32
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

France

Second Language

Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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

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.

Similar To

Italian Language

Derived From

Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour

Thank You

Merci

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

bonne Nuit

Good Evening

bonsoir

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Bonjour

Please

S'il vous plaît

Sorry

désolé

Bye

au revoir

I Love You

Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00
Rank: 43 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French

Where They Speak

Africa

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00
Rank: 50 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

français

Alternative Names

Français

French Name

français

German Name

Französisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

French people

History

Origin

9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Standard French

Language Position

13
Rank: 12 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra

ISO 639 2/B

fre

ISO 639 3

fra

ISO 639 6

fras

Glottocode

stan1290

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of French language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. French language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of French language states that it was put to use in 9th Century. The history of French language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about French Language History.The evolution of French language began with early forms such as Old French, Middle French and French. Standard French is the standard form of French language and it is used in government centers. Know all About French Language.

French population

French population gives us the total count of number of people speaking French language. French language is spoken by 163.00 million people in the world. Most of the French population lies in the French Speaking Countries. French language is spoken as first language by 76.00 million people and as second language by about 87.00 million people. Get to know French speaking population in detail.

French writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. French writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of French language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by French language. Learn more about . 

Information about French language

Check out all the information about French language here. You may find it interesting to learn French Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about French Speaking Countries, French speaking continents and French Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to French countries knowing common French Greetings will help you in communicating with French people.