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
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
France
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Africa
  
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
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
désolé
  
pole
  
Bye
au revoir
  
bye
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
français
  
swahili
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
9th Century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available