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Some Basic Facts About French (The National Language of France)

French is an independent language belonging to the romance family of the European Indo-European language family. The romance languages include the central romance languages (French, Italian, Sardinia, Catalunya, etc.), the western romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, etc.) and the eastern romance languages (Romanian, etc.).

French is one of the most widely spoken independent romance languages after Spanish. It is now spoken by 87 million people worldwide as a mother tongue and by 285 million others (including those who speak it as a second language). French is the official language of many regions or organizations (such as the United Nations, the European Union). French and Canadian French are the two main branches of French in the world.




French is the first language of the following countries:

France (used by 67 million people, including guadeloupe, Martinique and st-pierre and miquelon)

Canada (12 million users, especially Quebec, new Brunswick)

Belgium (with 5 million users, walloon is a dialect of Langue d 'oil, which is significantly different from Belgian French)

The Swiss

In Haiti,

French is also the main second language in the following countries:

Algeria, Lebanon, Mauritius, Morocco, new caledonia, reunion and Tunisia.



It is the official language and the only language used in schools in the following countries:

Comoros, republic of the Congo, French Polynesia, Gabon and Mali.

It is the official language in benin, burkina faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the central African republic, Chad, ce d 'ivoire, guinea, Madagascar, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, seychelles, Togo, vanuatu and the democratic republic of the Congo. It is also a common language in Andorra and Luxembourg. There are also French speakers in Egypt, Pondicherry in India, Vallee d 'aoste in Italy, Laos, Mauritania, the United Kingdom (inlet islands, channel islands), the United States (Acadia, Cajun) and Vietnam. La Francophonie is an international french-speaking and non-french-speaking country and government organization.

The French have always been very proud of their language. During the colonial period, the British empire brought English to a large number of colonies. After world war ii, the powerful United States continued to spread English around the world, and French continued to decline. The French were furious, fighting English culture wherever they could. Nevertheless, French is also under attack from English in various ways.


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