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French (French: français, pronounced "Fronce-eh") is a Romance language that was first spoken in France. It is also spoken in Belgium ( Wallonia ), Luxembourg, Canada ( Quebec ), Switzerland ( Romandy) and with many different countries in Africa ( Francophone Africa ). About 220 million people speak French as a native or a second language. [3]
- France
- Francophonie (French-speaking world), (geographical distribution below)
French ( français, French: [fʁɑ̃sɛ], or langue française, French: [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.
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- Signed French, (français signé)
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En Franca Polinezio, la procento de la loĝantaro kiu informis, ke la franca estas la lingvo kiun ili plej uzas hejme plialtiĝis el 67% de la popolnombrado de 2007 ĝis 74% de la popolnombrado de 2017.
- ĉ. 110–128 milionoj
- 77 200 000
- ĉ. 265–500 milionoj
- Francio kaj ĉ. 50 aliaj landoj
The French Wikipedia, the free Wikipedia ( French: Wikipédia Francophone or Wikipédia en français) is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Wikipédia. It started in March 2001. It is the largest Wikipedia in a Romance language.
- French wiki community
- Wikimedia Foundation
- French
- Online encyclopedia project
A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a first language, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both speakers' first languages. Examples of lingua francas are numerous and exist on every continent.
France, [a] officially the French Republic, [b] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. It also includes overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, [XII] giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.
French is an official language in 28 countries and is spoken across all continents. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 50 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language.
