French is a Romance language of the Indo-European family, natively spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Canada and much of Francophone Africa.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountEthnologue total figure combining native and second-language speakers, 2012-2024. RegionFrance, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Francophone Africa, Canada, and other Francophone locations 1 French
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Source Wikipedia: Louisiana French
Haitian Creole is a French-lexifier creole language, textbook-classified as descending from (colonial) French.
Source Wikipedia: Quebec French
In Family
Source Wikipedia: French Language
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, located there.
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1. Wikipedia: French Language
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French (francais ... or langue francaise ...) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
312 million (2012-2024)
Infobox, Region
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Francophone Africa, Canada, and other Francophone locations
In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latinic Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Iberian Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian Arpitan-Oil Oil Francien zone French
View the Source Wikipedia: Quebec French
Wikimedia FoundationAncestor Of: Quebec French, History sectionQuote, Ancestor Of: Quebec French, History section
Quebec French either evolved from this language base and was shaped by the following influences, or was imported from Paris and other urban centres of France as a koine.
Wikipedia: Louisiana French
Wikimedia FoundationAncestor Of: Cajun French, InfoboxQuote, Ancestor Of: Cajun French, Infobox
Louisiana French is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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