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French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick in Canada, the U.S. state of Maine, the Acadiana region of the U.S. state of Louisiana, and by various communities elsewhere. Other speakers of French, who often speak it as a second language, are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of whom reside in Francophone Africa. In Africa, French is most commonly spoken in Gabon (where 80% report fluency), Mauritius (78%), Algeria (75%), Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (70%). French is estimated as having 110 million native speakers and 190 million more second language speakers. French is a descendant of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, as are languages such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Lombard, Catalan, Sicilian and Sardinian. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and Belgium, which French has largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Roman Gaul, and by the Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian. It is an official language in 29 countries, most of which form la francophonie (in French), the community of French-speaking countries. It is an official language of all United Nations agencies and a large number of international organizations. According to the European Union, 129 million, or twenty-six percent of the Union's total population, can speak French, of whom 72 million are native speakers (65 million in France, 4.5 million in Belgium, plus 2.5 million in Switzerland, which is not part of the EU) and 69 million are second-language or foreign language speakers, thus making French the third language in the European Union that people state they are most able to speak, after English and German. Twenty percent of non-Francophone Europeans know how to speak French, totaling roughly 145.6 million people in Europe alone. As a result of extensive colonial ambitions of France and Belgium (at that time governed by a French-speaking elite), between the 17th and 20th centuries, French was introduced to the Americas, Africa, Polynesia, the Levant, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. According to a demographic projection led by the Université Laval and the Réseau Démographie de l'Agence universitaire de la francophonie, French speakers will number approximately 500 million people in 2025 and 650 million people, or approximately 7% of the world's population by 2050.
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Names (more)

[aa] French
[af] Frans
[ak] Frɛnkye
[am] ፈረንሳይኛ
[ar] الفرنسية
[an] Idioma francés
[av] Француз мацӀ
[ay] Phransiya aru
[az] Fransız dili
[ba] Француз теле
[bm] Faransekan
[be] Французская мова
[bn] ফরাসি ভাষা
[bo] ཧྥ་རན་སིའི་།
[bs] Francuski jezik
[br] Galleg
[bg] Френски език
[ca] Francès
[cs] Francouzština
[ce] Francuzhoyn mott
[cu] Франкїискъ ѩꙁꙑкъ
[cv] Франци чĕлхи
[kw] Frenkek
[co] Lingua francese
[cr] ᐅᐱᔥᑎᑯᔮᐅᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
[cy] Ffrangeg
[da] Fransk
[de] Französisch
[dv] ފަރަންސޭސި
[dz] ཕྲནཅ་ཁ
[el] Γαλλικά
[en] French language
[eo] Franca lingvo
[et] Prantsuse keel
[eu] Frantses
[ee] Fransegbe
[fo] Franskt mál
[fa] زبان فرانسوی
[fi] Ranskan kieli
[fr] Français
[fy] Frânsk
[ff] Farayseere
[gd] Fraingis
[ga] An Fhraincis
[gl] Lingua francesa
[gv] Frangish
[gu] ફ્રેન્ચ
[ht] Lang franse
[ha] Faransanci
[sh] Francuski jezik
[he] צרפתית
[hi] फ़्रान्सीसी भाषा
[hr] Francuski jezik
[hu] Francia nyelv
[hy] Ֆրանսերեն
[ig] Fụrench
[io] Franciana linguo
[ii] ꃔꇩꉙ
[iu] ᐅᐃᒍᐃᕐᒥᐅᖅ
[ia] Lingua francese
[id] Bahasa Perancis
[is] Franska
[it] Lingua francese
[jv] Basa Prancis
[ja] フランス語
[kl] Franskisut
[kn] ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಭಾಷೆ
[ks] فریٚنچ
[ka] ფრანგული ენა
[kk] Француз тілі
[km] បារាំង
[ki] Kĩbaranja
[rw] Igifaransa
[ky] Француз тили
[kv] Франс кыв
[kg] Kifalanse
[ko] 프랑스어
[ku] Zimanê fransî
[lo] ຝຣັ່ງ
[la] Lingua Francogallica
[lv] Franču valoda
[li] Frans
[ln] Falansé
[lt] Prancūzų kalba
[lb] Franséisch
[lu] Mfwàlànsa
[lg] Lufalansa
[ml] ഫ്രഞ്ച് ഭാഷ
[mr] फ्रेंच भाषा
[mk] Француски јазик
[mg] Fiteny frantsay
[mt] Franċiż
[mn] Франц хэл
[mi] Reo Wīwī
[ms] Bahasa Perancis
[my] ပြင်သစ် ဘာသာ
[nv] Dáághahii bizaad
[nd] isi-Fulentshi
[ne] फ्रांसेली
[nl] Frans
[nn] Fransk
[nb] fransk
[no] Fransk
[oc] Francés
[or] ଫ୍ରେଞ୍ଚ
[om] Afaan Faransaayii
[os] Францаг æвзаг
[pa] ਫਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
[pl] Język francuski
[pt] Língua francesa
[ps] فرانسوي ژبه
[qu] Ransis simi
[rm] Lingua franzosa
[ro] Limba franceză
[rn] Igifaransa
[ru] Французский язык
[sg] Farânzi
[sa] फ्रांसीसी भाषा
[si] ප්‍රංශ
[sk] Francúzština
[sl] Francoščina
[se] Fránskkagiella
[sm] Fa'afarani
[sn] chiFurenchi
[so] Af-Faransiis
[st] Se-french
[es] Idioma francés
[sq] Frengjisht
[sc] Limba frantzesa
[sr] Француски језик
[ss] SíFulentji
[su] Basa Perancis
[sw] Kifaransa
[sv] Franska
[ty] Reo farāni
[ta] பிரெஞ்சு மொழி
[tt] Француз теле
[te] ఫ్రెంచి భాష
[tg] Забони фаронсавӣ
[tl] Wikang Pranses
[th] ฝรั่งเศส
[ti] ፈረንሳይኛ
[to] lea fakafalanisē
[tn] Se Fora
[ts] Xi Furwa
[tk] Fransuz dili
[tr] Fransızca
[ug] فرانسۇز تىلى
[uk] Французька мова
[ur] فرانسیسی زبان
[uz] Fransuz tili
[vi] Tiếng Pháp
[wa] Francès
[wo] Wu-faraas
[xh] Isi-French
[yi] פראנצויזיש
[yo] Èdè Faransé
[za] Vah Fazgoz
[zh] 法语
[zu] isiFulentshi

Language type : Living

Official language : Belgium, Switzerland, France, Guernsey, Jersey, Luxembourg, Monaco, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Niger, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, Mayotte,

Language resources for French

Open Languages Archives

EuroVoc multilingual thesaurus in French
GEMET multilingual thesaurus in French

French Wikipedia
French Wiktionary
Wiktionary - Category:French language [en]
Wiktionnaire - Catégorie:français [fr]

Freelang Dictionary [en]
Omniglot encyclopedia [en]
Lexilogos Dictionaries [en]
Dictionnaires Lexilogos [fr]
Dictionnaires Lexicool [fr]

Technical notes

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-1 : fr
ISO 639-2B : fre
ISO 639-2T : fra
ISO 639-3 : fra

Linked Data URIs

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/fra
http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:fra
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-1/fr
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/fre

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Sources

Authority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: fra

Freebase ISO 639-3 : fra
GeoNames.org Country Information

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Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages