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  2. Languages of France - Wikipedia

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    Of the languages of France, French is the sole official language according to the second article of the French Constitution. French, a Gallo-Romance language, is spoken by nearly the entire population of France. In addition to French, several regional languages are also spoken to varying degrees, such as Alsatian, a German dialect (specifically ...

  3. Varieties of French - Wikipedia

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    Varieties of the French language are spoken in France and around the world. The Francophones of France generally use Metropolitan French [citation needed] (spoken in Paris and considered standard) although some also use regional dialects or varieties such as Meridional French. In Europe outside France there are Belgian French, Swiss French, and ...

  4. Geographical distribution of French speakers - Wikipedia

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    The 2004 census of Morocco found that 39.5% of the population aged 10 and older could read and write French. [64] Spoken mainly in cities among the upper middle class, French is the medium of instruction of two-thirds of courses in higher education, including science and technology, health, economics and management, although the adoption of ...

  5. Langues d'oïl - Wikipedia

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    Langue d'oïl (in the singular), Oïl dialects and Oïl languages (in the plural) designate the ancient northern Gallo-Romance languages as well as their modern-day descendants. They share many linguistic features, a prominent one being the word oïl for yes. (Oc was and still is the southern word for yes, hence the langue d'oc or Occitan ...

  6. Atlas linguistique de la France - Wikipedia

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    Print. The Atlas linguistique de la France (ALF, Linguistic Atlas of France) is an influential dialect atlas of Romance varieties in France published in 13 volumes between 1902 and 1910 by Jules Gilliéron and Edmond Edmont. Whereas Georg Wenker had used postal questionnaires to compile his pioneering Sprachatlas des deutschen Reichs in 1888 ...

  7. French language - Wikipedia

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    French (français [fʁɑ̃sɛ] ⓘ or langue française [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ⓘ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest ...

  8. Category:French dialects - Wikipedia

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    Category: French dialects. 17 languages. ... French language in France‎ (4 P) M. Macaronic forms of French‎ (5 P) N. National dialects of French‎ (1 P)

  9. French language in Canada - Wikipedia

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    French is the native language of over 500,000 persons in Ontario, representing 4.7 percent of the province's population. They are concentrated primarily in the Eastern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario regions, near the border with Quebec, although they are also present in smaller numbers throughout the province.

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