| French | |
|---|---|
| français | |
| Pronunciation | [fʁɑ̃sɛ] |
| Spoken natively in | see below |
| Native speakers | native speakers: 190 million,[1] total (both native and second language) speakers: 265 million-[2] 270 million[3] (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin alphabet (French variant) |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |
Numerous international organisations |
| Regulated by | Académie française (French Academy) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | fr |
| ISO 639-2 | fre (B) fra (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | fra |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-i |
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French ([français] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help), IPA: [fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance language spoken as a first language by most people from France, French-speaking Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, and the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, as well as minorities elsewhere. Second language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of which reside in Francophone Africa,[4] and the highest proportions being situated in Gabon (80%)[4] Mauritius (72.7%)[4] and Côte d'Ivoire (70%).[4] French is estimated as having 110 million[1] native speakers and 190 million second language speakers.[5] Additionally, French is the second-most studied foreign language in the world, after English.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Francophonie
- ↑ The World's 10 Most Influential Languages Top Languages Retrieved 2011-04-11
- ↑ La langue francaise dans le monde 2010 La Francophonie Retrieved 2010-04-14
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (French) La Francophonie dans le monde 2006–2007 published by the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Nathan, Paris, 2007.
- ↑ The World's 10 Most Influential Languages Top Languages Retrieved 2011-04-11