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German and French


Countries
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  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
7  
8
National Language
France  
Germany  
Second Language
Africa, Canada  
North Dakota, United States of America  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Council for German Orthography  
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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Italian Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Derived From
Latin  
Albanian Languages  
Alphabets
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7
How Many Consonants
20  
10
9  
1
Scripts
Latin  
Latin  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9
Greetings
Hello
bonjour  
hallo  
Thank You
Merci  
Danke  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Wie geht es dir?  
Good Night
bonne Nuit  
gute Nacht  
Good Evening
bonsoir  
guten Abend  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
guten Tag  
Good Morning
Bonjour  
guten Morgen  
Please
S'il vous plaît  
bitte  
Sorry
désolé  
Verzeihung  
Bye
au revoir  
Tschüs  
I Love You
Je t'aime  
Ich liebe dich  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Entschuldigung  
Dialects
Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Swiss German  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Switzerland  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
4,500,000.00  
18
Dialect 2
African French  
Swabian German  
Where They Speak
Africa  
Germany  
How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26
Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Texas German  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Texas  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
6,000.00  
35
Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
28  
23
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
229.00 million  
8
Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
1.39 %  
12
Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
101.00 million  
10
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
128.00 million  
5
Native Name
français  
Deutsch  
Alternative Names
Français  
Deutsch, Tedesco  
French Name
français  
allemand  
German Name
Französisch  
Deutsch  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Ethnicity
Not Available  
Germans  
History
Origin
9th Century  
6th Century AD  
Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  
Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  
Branch
Not Available  
Western  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  
Standard Forms
Standard French  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Language Position
13  
12
9  
9
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Signed German  
Scope
Individual  
Individual  
Code
ISO 639 1
fr  
de  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra  
deu  
ISO 639 2/B
fre  
ger  
ISO 639 3
fra  
deu  
ISO 639 6
fras  
deus  
Glottocode
stan1290  
high1287, uppe1397  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living  
Living  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  
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All French and German Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and German dialects. Various dialects of French and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and German Speaking population

French and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and German languages can be compared. The total count of French and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on French vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and German Language Codes

French and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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