Countries
Fiji, India
  
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
India
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
désolé
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Français
  
French Name
hindi
  
français
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
fras
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic