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
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
France
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Merci
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
sila
  
Sorry
désolé
  
maaf
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
African French
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
français
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Not Available
  
French Name
français
  
malais
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative