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, Mongolia
  
National Language
France
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Not Available
  
French Name
français
  
mongol
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available