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
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
322
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
France
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Italian Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2041
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
bonjour
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Merci
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
bonsoir
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Bonjour
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
S'il vous plaît
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
désolé
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
au revoir
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Je t'aime
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Pothohari
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
African French
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Africa
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
274,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Doabi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2530
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.12 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
76.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
français
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Français
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
français
pendjabi
German Name
Französisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
French people
Punjabis
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard French
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
1323
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
fr
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fra
pan
ISO 639 2/B
fre
pan
ISO 639 3
fra
pan
ISO 639 6
fras
panj
Glottocode
stan1290
panj1256
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional