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
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
France
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Bon dia
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
français
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
français
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available