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
Japan
National Language
France
Japan
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Palau
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Italian Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
bonjour
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Merci
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
bonsoir
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Bonjour
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
S'il vous plaît
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
désolé
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
au revoir
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Je t'aime
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Sanuki
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Kagawa
Dialect 2
African French
Hakata
Where They Speak
Africa
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Kansai
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Français
Not Available
French Name
français
japonais
German Name
Französisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard French
Japanese
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
French and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Japanese language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common French Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Japanese Difficulty
The French vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.