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
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
France
  
India
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia, Oceania
  
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
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
African French
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
français
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
français
  
hindi
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
hins
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic