Language Info
French written in Latin script
Below you'll find all the characters used to write this language and all the countries where this language is used.
Alternate Scripts for French
- French can also be written using the Braille script
- French can also be written using the Duployan shorthand script
Standard Characters
The minimal characters required for this language
Auxiliary Characters
Additional letters (beyond the minimal set) used in foreign or technical words found in typical magazines, newspapers, etc..
Punctuation Characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning
Unicode Blocks
French uses characters from the following Unicode blocks
Countries
The worldwide literate language population for French is 259,176,155 people across 62 countries.
United States
1,829,105 people
Switzerland
1,729,623 people
Portugal
1,625,925 people
Gabon
1,116,523 people
Syria
1,063,681 people
Greece
969,165 people
Austria
962,985 people
Ireland
851,887 people
Réunion
700,949 people
Mauritania
638,956 people
Luxembourg
516,893 people
Haiti
500,394 people
Comoros
452,524 people
Martinique
427,408 people
Guadeloupe
407,498 people
Hungary
295,525 people
New Caledonia
267,907 people
French Polynesia
175,607 people
French Guiana
153,621 people
Vanuatu
141,407 people
Mayotte
110,580 people
Cyprus
85,508 people
Equatorial Guinea
68,495 people
Seychelles
56,352 people
Malta
45,797 people
Mauritius
40,691 people
St. Martin
32,125 people
Monaco
30,338 people
Lebanon
23,050 people
Djibouti
18,170 people
Wallis & Futuna
7,542 people
St. Barthélemy
6,824 people
Andorra
5,742 people
St. Pierre & Miquelon
5,090 people
Rwanda
2,261 people
French Southern Territories
140 people
References
Our data is sourced from a number of places, and we want to give them credit here. We use ISO639 codes for the country codes that support the language.
