Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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
National Language
Germany
France
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
gute Nacht
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
guten Abend
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Bonjour
Please
bitte
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Switzerland
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Swabian German
African French
Where They Speak
Germany
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Texas
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
Deutsch
français
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Français
French Name
allemand
français
German Name
Deutsch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Germans
Not Available
Origin
6th Century AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed German
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
stan1290
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
German and French Speaking population
German and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and French languages can be compared. The total count of German and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and French on German vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and French Language Codes
German and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.