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Countries

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  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
33  
2

National Language
France  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Hello  

Thank You
Merci  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
How are you?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Good Night  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Good Morning  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Please  

Sorry
désolé  
Sorry  

Bye
au revoir  
Bye  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
American English  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
African French  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
français  
English  

Alternative Names
Français  
Not Available  

French Name
français  
anglais  

German Name
Französisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th Century  
5th Century AD  

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  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard English  

Language Position
13  
12
3  
3

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
eng  

ISO 639 3
fra  
eng  

ISO 639 6
fras  
engs  

Glottocode
stan1290  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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French and English Language History

Comparison of French vs English language history gives us differences between origin of French and English language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and English Language History.

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French and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and English language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common French Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs English Difficulty

The French vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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