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
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
France
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
désolé
  
maaf
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
African French
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
français
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
français
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative