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
  
Galicia
  
National Language
France
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
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.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Bos días
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
français
  
galicien
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1175
  
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
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available