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
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
France
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Italian Language
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
bonjour
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Merci
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
bonsoir
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Bonjour
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
S'il vous plaît
请 (Qǐng)
Bye
au revoir
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Je t'aime
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Mandarin
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
African French
Wu
Where They Speak
Africa
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Swiss French
Yue
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
français
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Français
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French Name
français
chinois
German Name
Französisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
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Ethnicity
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Han
Origin
9th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
French and Chinese Speaking population
French and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on French vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Chinese Language Codes
French and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.