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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> French language,Français,French

<b>Description:</b>

French (français, French pronunciation: [fʀɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance language spoken, around the world, by about 77 million people as a first language (mother tongue), by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 54 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France, where the language originated. The rest live essentially in Canada (particularly Quebec), Belgium, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, Luxembourg, and Monaco. Most second-language speakers of French live in Francophone Africa, arguably exceeding the number of native speakers. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the Francophone country with the largest population.
French is a descendant of the Latin language of the Roman Empire, as are national languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Romanian, and minority languages ranging from Catalan and Occitan to Neapolitan and many more. Its development was also influenced by the native Celtic languages of Roman Gaul and by the Germanic language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.
It is an official language in 29 countries, most of which form what is called, in French,<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=10597 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of French Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
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<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>2</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_gen-3 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_gen-3 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>3</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_gen-2 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_gen-2 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Orthography:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_ortho-2 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_ortho-2 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Phonology:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_phon-2 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_phon-2 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Universal Declaration Of Human Rights:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_undec-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_undec-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Vocabulary:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_vocab-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_vocab-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>2</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_fra_vocab-2 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_fra_vocab-2 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/france France]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Countries: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/belgium Belgium], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/benin Benin], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/burkina_faso Burkina Faso], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/burundi Burundi], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/comoros Comoros], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/cameroon Cameroon], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/central_african_republic Central African Republic], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/chad Chad], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/channel_islands Channel Islands], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/republic_of_the_congo Republic of the Congo], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/djibouti Djibouti], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/equatorial_guinea Equatorial Guinea], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/gabon Gabon], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/guinea Guinea], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/holy_roman_empire Holy Roman Empire], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/haiti Haiti], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/luxembourg Luxembourg], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/laos Laos], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/madagascar Madagascar], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/mali Mali], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/mauritius Mauritius], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/monaco Monaco], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/niger Niger], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/quebec Québec], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/rwanda Rwanda], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/switzerland Switzerland], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/senegal Senegal], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/seychelles Seychelles], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/togo Togo], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/vanuatu Vanuatu], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/cote_divoire Côte d'Ivoire], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/cambodia Cambodia], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/france France]
<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/europe Europe]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-1 Code: </b></td><td>fr</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-2 Code: </b></td><td>fra</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>fra</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Indo-European Group]]

    [[Italic Group]]

      [[Romance Group]]

        [[Italo-Western Group]]

          [[Western Italo-Western Group]]

            [[Gallo-Iberian Group]]

              [[Gallo-Romance Group]]

                [[Gallo-Rhaetian Group]]

                  [[Oil Gallo-Rhaetian Group]]

                    [[French Group]]

                      <b>[[French Language]]</b>

                        [[Quebec French]]

                        [[Canadian French]]

                        [[Acadian French]]

                        [[Belgian French]]

                        [[French, Cajun Language]]

                        [[Swiss French]]

                        [[African French]]

                        [[Cambodian French]]

                        [[Newfoundland French]]

                        [[Jersey Legal French]]

                        [[Aostan French]]

                        [[Lao French]]

                        [[Maghreb French]]

                        [[Louisiana Creole French Language]]

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