FRENCH LANGUAGE :
FRENCH LANGUAGE --French is a ‘Romance’ language derived from Latin . --It is closely related to Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian and other European languages.
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There are over 87 million native French speakers and an additional 68 million non-native speakers in the world. From medieval times until the 19th century, French was the dominant language of diplomacy, culture, administration, trade and royal courts across Europe.
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French is spoken all around the world.( see in blue on map).
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Today, French is still an important diplomatic language: it is an official language used in the United Nations, the Olympic Games, and the European Union.
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French is also the official language in 29 countries in the world: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Haiti, the Ivory Coast, Madagascar, the Congo, Algeria, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon, the Seychelles, Burundi, Chad, Rwanda, Djibouti, Cameroon, Mauritius, and Canada etc.
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Official language of France is French 88% of the population speaks French 75 different languages in France 24 of these languages are European
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Rest of the languages include languages from the South American, South Asian and Caribbean regions The policy of France ensures that the citizens of the country communicate in French
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Many French people can speak at least one foreign language