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French vs Hindi


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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