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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Not Available
  
French Name
français
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
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
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic