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
  
National Language
France
  
India
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
désolé
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
français
  
oriya
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Odias
  
Origin
9th Century
  
3 BC
  
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
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
macr1269
  
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