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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 3

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
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Alphabets
26 8

Phonology

How Many Vowels
6 3

How Many Consonants
20 10

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks 6

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 43

Dialect 2
African French

Where They Speak
Africa

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00 1

Dialect 3
Swiss French

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00 50

Total No. Of Dialects
25 21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million 11

Speaking Population
1.12 % 18

Native Speakers
76.00 million 13

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million 11

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 12

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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