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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  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
46  
1

National Language
France  
Spain  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
hola  

Thank You
Merci  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Buenos Días  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Por Favor  

Sorry
désolé  
triste  

Bye
au revoir  
adiós  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
African French  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
français  
Español  

Alternative Names
Français  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
français  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Französisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
13  
12
2  
2

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
spa  

ISO 639 3
fra  
spa  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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French and Spanish Language History

Comparison of French vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of French and Spanish language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

French vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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