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
  
Israel
  
National Language
France
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
français
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
français
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic