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
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Not Available
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Mahali
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
français
  
santal
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
9th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
sant1410
  
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