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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 around 90 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France, where the language originated. Most of the rest live in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, Luxembourg, and Monaco.
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, La Francophonie, the community of French-speaking nations. It is an official language of all United Nations agencies and a large number of international organizations. According to the European Union, 129 million (26% of the 497,198,740) people in 27 member states<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>
<googlemap zoom="1" width=400 height=300 lat="12.810452" lon="20.136123" type="map">
11.585719, 42.619048, Djibouti
14.859239, 6.459044, Niger
46.000000, 2.000000, France
14.694322, -15.595298, Senegal
53.000000, 9.000000, Europe
5.129569, 11.438057, Cameroon
1.924800, 10.111600, Equatorial Guinea
-2.024122, 29.669509, Rwanda
-2.090303, 14.212023, Republic of the Congo
-4.630833, 55.461944, Seychelles
-3.283592, 29.829285, Burundi
-12.023643, 43.806900, Comoros
12.120450, -1.784148, Burkina Faso
7.131739, -5.523039, Côte d'Ivoire
-18.371375, 47.542425, Madagascar
5.773519, 19.596855, Central African Republic
10.271579, -11.718811, Guinea
18.291173, 103.606859, Laos
-20.162507, 58.290276, Mauritius
14.812849, -5.503027, Mali
12.431673, 104.529087, Cambodia
50.780208, 4.426909, Belgium
49.756218, 6.096975, Luxembourg
46.863730, 8.102842, Switzerland
18.941144, -72.703391, Haiti
-0.379860, 11.757160, Gabon
53.000000, -71.000000, Québec
8.515002, 2.232501, Benin
-17.750000, 168.300000, Vanuatu
8.335747, 1.049497, Togo
13.621555, 17.908716, Chad</googlemap>
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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/france France], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/belgium Belgium], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/switzerland Switzerland], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/luxembourg Luxembourg], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/monaco Monaco], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/channel_islands Channel Islands], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/haiti Haiti], [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/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/comoros Comoros], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/republic_of_the_congo Republic of the Congo], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/cote_divoire Côte d'Ivoire], [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/madagascar Madagascar], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/mali Mali], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/mauritius Mauritius], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/niger Niger], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/rwanda Rwanda], [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/quebec Québec], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/vanuatu Vanuatu], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/holy_roman_empire Holy Roman Empire], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/laos Laos], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/cambodia Cambodia]
<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>
[[All Languages]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Indo-European Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Italic Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Romance Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Italo-Western Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Western Italo-Western Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Gallo-Iberian Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Gallo-Romance Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Gallo-Rhaetian Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Oil Gallo-Rhaetian Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[French Group]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[[French Language]]</b>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Acadian French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[African French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Aostan French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Swiss French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Lao French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[French, Cajun Language]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Belgian French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Canadian French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Cambodian French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Maghreb French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Newfoundland French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Louisiana Creole French Language]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Quebec French]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Jersey Legal French]]
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