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French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
The region now called "French Flanders" was once part of the feudal state County of Flanders, then part of the Southern Netherlands. It was separated from the county (part of Habsburgs ' Burgundian inheritance) in 1659 due to the Peace of the Pyrenees , which ended the French-Spanish conflict in the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), and other ...
A synonym for the so-called intermediate language in Flanders region, the Tussentaal; An indication of the non-standardized dialects and regiolects of Flanders region; An indication of the non-standardized dialects of only the former County of Flanders, i.e. the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders, Zeelandic Flanders and French ...
State agencies and departments have until the end of 2025 to provide services in the seven most-spoken non-English languages in the state. NJ law requires translation and interpretation services ...
Duchouquet Township (named for Francis Duchouquet, French-Canadian trapper) Fayette County (after the Marquis de Lafayette) Fayette; Fremont (named for John C. Frémont, American explorer, military officer and politician of French-Canadian descent) Gallia County (Latin for Gaul, Roman name for France) Gallipolis, Ohio, largest city of Gallia County
Flanders is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [5] in Mount Olive Township, in southwestern Morris County, New Jersey, United States. [6] As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,832. [2] Flanders is served by the U.S. Postal Service as ZIP Code 07836. [7]
The current use of French in the parliament is generally restricted to formalities (prayers, ceremonies, formulae). Due to proximity, there has been a French-speaking community in Jersey for centuries, though now it has shrunk considerably, although the language is still official. The national anthem, "Ma Normandie", is in the French language.
French Flemish (Fransch vlaemsch, Standard Dutch: Frans-Vlaams, French: flamand français) is a West Flemish dialect spoken in the north of contemporary France.. Place names attest to Flemish having been spoken since the 8th century in the part of Flanders that was ceded to France at the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, and which hence became known as French Flanders.