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
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
France
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
français
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
français
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional