Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
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
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Prosim
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
désolé
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Resian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Not available
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Français
  
French Name
slovène
  
français
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
972-1093
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic