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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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7
Rank: 8 (Overall)
32
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Germany
France
1.4 Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Africa, Canada
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
1.7 Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Italian Language
1.10 Derived From
Albanian Languages
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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9
Rank: 1 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall)
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hallo
bonjour
3.2 Thank You
Danke
Merci
3.3 How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Comment allez-vous?
3.4 Good Night
gute Nacht
bonne Nuit
3.5 Good Evening
guten Abend
bonsoir
3.6 Good Afternoon
guten Tag
bon Après-Midi
3.7 Good Morning
guten Morgen
Bonjour
3.8 Please
bitte
S'il vous plaît
3.9 Sorry
Verzeihung
désolé
3.10 Bye
Tschüs
au revoir
3.11 I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Je t'aime
3.12 Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Excuse Moi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Swiss German
Quebec French
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Switzerland
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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4,500,000.00
Rank: 18 (Overall)
6,200,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Swabian German
African French
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Germany
Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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820,000.00
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
About Dzongkha Language
4.3 Dialect 3
Texas German
Swiss French
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Texas
Northeast France, Switzerland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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6,000.00
Rank: 35 (Overall)
1,800,000.00
Rank: 16 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
28
Rank: 23 (Overall)
25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
229.00 million
Rank: 8 (Overall)
163.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.39 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
1.12 %
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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101.00 million
Rank: 10 (Overall)
76.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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128.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
87.00 million
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Deutsch
français
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Français
5.3.4 French Name
allemand
français
5.3.5 German Name
Deutsch
Französisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Germans
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th Century AD
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Western
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
6.3.2 Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard French
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 9 (Overall)
13
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed German
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
de
fr
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
deu
fra
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ger
fre
7.3 ISO 639 3
deu
fra
7.4 ISO 639 6
deus
fras
7.5 Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
stan1290
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-i
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

German and French Alphabets

German and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and French. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn German and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and French languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

German and French Speaking population

German and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and French languages can be compared. The total count of German and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 German and French on German vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and French Language Codes

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

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