Language code: fr
Technical information about ISO 639 language code fr
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The table below provides technical details for the French language, designated by the fr code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
French is part of the Indo-European family of languages and belongs to the Romance subgroup. It is an official language in more than 25 countries and is spoken on all continents, making it one of the most geographically widespread languages globally, alongside English, Spanish, and Arabic. French holds official status in numerous international organizations, including the European Union, the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, and NATO. It uses the Latin script (French alphabet). It is estimated that over 200 million people worldwide are French speakers.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of French speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
fr-BE – French (Belgium)
fr-BF – French (Burkina Faso)
fr-BI – French (Burundi)
fr-BJ – French (Benin)
fr-BL – French (Saint Barthélemy)
fr-CA – French (Canada)
fr-CD – French (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
fr-CF – French (Central African Republic)
fr-CG – French (Congo)
fr-CH – French (Switzerland)
fr-CI – French (Côte d'Ivoire)
fr-CM – French (Cameroon)
fr-DJ – French (Djibouti)
fr-DZ – French (Algeria)
fr-FR – French (France)
fr-GA – French (Gabon)
fr-GF – French (French Guiana)
fr-GN – French (Guinea)
fr-GP – French (Guadeloupe)
fr-GQ – French (Equatorial Guinea)
fr-HT – French (Haiti)
fr-KM – French (Comoros)
fr-LU – French (Luxembourg)
fr-MA – French (Morocco)
fr-MC – French (Monaco)
fr-MF – French (Saint Martin)
fr-MG – French (Madagascar)
fr-ML – French (Mali)
fr-MQ – French (Martinique)
fr-MR – French (Mauritania)
fr-MU – French (Mauritius)
fr-NC – French (New Caledonia)
fr-NE – French (Niger)
fr-PF – French (French Polynesia)
fr-PM – French (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
fr-RE – French (Réunion)
fr-RW – French (Rwanda)
fr-SC – French (Seychelles)
fr-SN – French (Senegal)
fr-SY – French (Syria)
fr-TD – French (Chad)
fr-TG – French (Togo)
fr-TN – French (Tunisia)
fr-VU – French (Vanuatu)
fr-WF – French (Wallis and Futuna)
fr-YT – French (Mayotte)
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine translation
- Translation memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
Resources
- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ