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
  
United States of America
  
National Language
France
  
United States of America
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
North America
  
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.
  
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Not available
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Arizona
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
New Mexico
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Navaho
  
French Name
français
  
navaho
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Navajo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
nava1243
  
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
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic