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
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
France
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
français
  
arménien
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Armenians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic