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
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
France
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Merci
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
désolé
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
français
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
9th Century
  
12th 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
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available