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, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
France
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
thov
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Mong
  
French Name
français
  
hmong
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available