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Hindi vs French


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  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

National Language
France  
India  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

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  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Merci  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
désolé  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
au revoir  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
African French  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
français  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Français  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
français  
hindi  

German Name
Französisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
13  
12
5  
5

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
hin  

ISO 639 3
fra  
hin  

ISO 639 6
fras  
hins  

Glottocode
stan1290  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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French and Hindi Language History

Comparison of French vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of French and Hindi language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Hindi Language History.

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French and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Hindi language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common French Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Hindi Difficulty

The French vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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