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
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
France
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
bonjour
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
au revoir
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
North-East Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
9.63 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
français
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
français
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Belarusian
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available