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
  
West Java
  
National Language
France
  
Indonesia
  
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
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
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Banten
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
français
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
9th Century
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available