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    Of the languages of France, French is the sole official language according to the second article of the French Constitution. French, a Gallo-Romance language...
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    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...
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    position of the French language in France.[citation needed] Besides French, there exist many other vernacular minority languages of France, both in European...
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  • the use of Indigenous languages and Inuktitut as the language of instruction. The rate of introduction of French and English as languages of instruction...
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  • French of France (French: français de France) is the predominant variety of the French language in France, Andorra and Monaco, in its formal and informal...
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    (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – have the higher status of "procedural" languages of the European Commission...
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    regional languages, see Languages of France. European Union since 1993 French National Geographic Institute data, which includes bodies of water French Land...
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    three classes of Romance languages: oc languages (in southern France); si languages (in Italy and Iberia) and oïl languages (in northern France).[citation...
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    French Sign Language (French: langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of the deaf in France and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. According...
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    administrative languages of Anglo-Norman and Law French used in England. For the most part, the written forms of Norman and modern French are mutually intelligible...
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    conduct a conversation in French. By the 1969 Official Languages Act, both English and French are recognized as official languages in Canada and granted equal...
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    contact languages that lack native speakers. These contact languages are not to be confused with creolized varieties of French outside of Europe that...
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    mixture of French and English with elements of indigenous languages. French is the sole official language of Benin. According to a 2014 survey, 57.3% of residents...
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    countries, French is used as a co-official language alongside one or more other languages. List of countries where French is a co-official language: Belgium...
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  • French was the official language of Vietnam under French colonial rule during the 19th and early 20th centuries. After 1954, French fell into disuse in...
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    The Kingdom of Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French, and German. A number of non-official, minority languages and dialects are spoken as...
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  • Internationally, for the purposes of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, "regional or minority languages" means languages that are: traditionally...
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    Language portal Association internationale d'études occitanes Baìo History of the Basque language Languages of France Languages of Italy Languages of...
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    varieties of the French language spoken traditionally by French Louisianians in colonial Lower Louisiana. As of today Louisiana French is primarily used...
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    and French-speaking territories. Since French is a Romance language, French Antillean Creole is considered to be one of Latin America’s languages by some...
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    were home to over 70 distinct languages across 12 or so language families. Today, a majority of those indigenous languages are still spoken; however, most...
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    of France French rock Theatre in France French playwrights Cuisine of France Cultural icons of France Languages of France Media in France Cinema of France...
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    Brittonic languages, are more distantly related, and the Goidelic languages (Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic) have a slight connection due to both of their origins...
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    dialects Vasconic languages List of Basques Basque Country Late Basquisation Languages of France Languages of Spain Aquitanian language List of ideophones in...
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    over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...
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    transcription delimiters. The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are directly descended from Vulgar...
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    French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. French is one of the four official languages of Switzerland, the others being German, Italian, and...
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    etc.; for these languages see: Langues d'oïl, Francoprovençal, Occitan and languages of France). See also French-based creole languages, which are also...
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    languages of France. In order to give the Basque language legal recognition, it would be necessary to modify the Constitution of the Republic. French...
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    is a Romance language consisting of the continuum of the Italo-Dalmatian dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, France, and in the northern...
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