1 Countries
1.1 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
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
France
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
1.9 Similar To
Italian Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Com estàs?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Bona tarda
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Spain
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
163.00 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
76.00 million4.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
87.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Français
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
français
catalan; valencien
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Catalan people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Catalan
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Catalan
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available