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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
3332
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
France
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Africa, Canada
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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
Not Available
Italian Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2626
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
56
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2120
German
9 60
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
76
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
bonjour
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
Merci
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Comment allez-vous?
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
bonne Nuit
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
bonsoir
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
Bonjour
3.8 Please
Please
S'il vous plaît
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
désolé
3.10 Bye
Bye
au revoir
3.11 I Love You
I love you
Je t'aime
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Quebec French
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.006,200,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
African French
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Swiss French
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Northeast France, Switzerland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,800,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
18825
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million163.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %1.12 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million76.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 million87.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
français
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Français
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
français
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Französisch
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old French, Middle French and French
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard French
6.3.3 Language Position
313
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
fr
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
fra
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
fre
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
fra
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
fras
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
stan1290
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
51-AAA-i
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

English vs French Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs French speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or French language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.
  • French is spoken as a national language in: France.

You will also get to know the continents where English and French speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of French language is 13. Find all the information about these languages on English and French.

English and French Language History

Comparison of English vs French language history gives us differences between origin of English and French language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and French Language History.

English and French Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and French language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common English Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs French Difficulty

The English vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.