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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Indo-European |
| Branch: Romance |
| Continent: Europe |
| Country: France |
| Region: Also spoken in 53 other countries including Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, CAR, Chad, Comoros Islands, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, DRC, Djibouti, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 51,000,000 first language speakers in France. Population total all countries 77,000,000 first language speakers (1999 WA), 128,000,000 including second language speakers (1999 WA). Algeria, Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Replublic, Chad, Comoros Islands, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Monaco, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna. |
| Countries Where Official: France |
| Native Speakers: 77,000,000 |
| Speakers Total: 77,000,000 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 133 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 133 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 756 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 1,200 |
| Three Letter Code: FRN |
| Alternative Names: FRANÇAIS |
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| Summary: 89% lexical similarity with Italian, 80% with Sardinian, 78% with Rheto-Romance, 75% with Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish, 29% with German, 27% with English. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Walloon, Picard Jèrrais. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Deciduous forest. Intensive agriculturalists, industry, business. 80 meters. Christian. Bible 1530-1995. |
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