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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Je t'aime
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Mexico
Dialect 2
African French
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Africa
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Puerto Rico
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
Origin
9th Century
210 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Standard French
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
stan1288
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic