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
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
321
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
France
Galicia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Italian Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2623
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6NA
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeksNA
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
bonjour
Ola
Thank You
Merci
Grazas
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Boas noites
Good Evening
bonsoir
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Bonjour
Bos días
Please
S'il vous plaît
Por favor
Sorry
désolé
Síntoo!
Bye
au revoir
Adeus
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ámote
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Perdoe!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
African French
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Africa
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million2.40 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.12 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
76.00 million2.40 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
87.00 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
français
Galego
Alternative Names
Français
Galego, Gallego
French Name
français
galicien
German Name
Französisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
History
Origin
9th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard French
Galician
Language Position
13NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
fr
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fra
glg
ISO 639 2/B
fre
glg
ISO 639 3
fra
glg
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
gali1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available