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
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
France
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Me fal
  
Bye
au revoir
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
African French
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
français
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Not Available
  
French Name
français
  
albanais
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1462 AD
  
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
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic