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
South Africa
National Language
France
South Africa
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Italian Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
bonne Nuit
goeie nag
Good Evening
bonsoir
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Bonjour
goeie more
Please
S'il vous plaît
asseblief
Bye
au revoir
Not Available
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Africa
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
français
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Français
Cape Dutch
French Name
français
afrikaans
German Name
Französisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
Origin
9th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
afri1274
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
French and Afrikaans Speaking population
French and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of French and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 French and Afrikaans on French vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Afrikaans Language Codes
French and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.