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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. Schengen Area - Wikipedia

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    The Schengen Area has a population of more than 450 million people and an area of 4,595,131 square kilometres (1,774,190 sq mi). About 1.7 million people commute to work across an internal European border each day, and in some regions these people constitute up to a third of the workforce.

  4. Geographical distribution of French speakers - Wikipedia

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    The French language became an international language, the second international language alongside Latin, in the Middle Ages, "from the fourteenth century onwards".It was not by virtue of the power of the Kingdom of France: '"... until the end of the fifteenth century, the French of the chancellery spread as a political and literary language because the French court was the model of chivalric ...

  5. List of countries and territories where French is an official ...

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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]

  6. Member states of the Organisation internationale de la ...

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    Albania is home to 300,000 French speakers, and it is the second foreign language of education after English. Formerly part of First French Empire. The President of France is also a Co-Prince of Andorra. French is the native language of about 39% of the population [5] 48% are non-native speakers of French. [6]

  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. Francophonie - Wikipedia

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    50%+ francophone. The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus [1] in 1880 and became important as part of the conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography in the late 20th century.

  9. Bulgarian language - Wikipedia

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    The historical development of the Bulgarian language can be ... (38,500 speakers in England and Wales as of 2011), [28] France ... as part of the broader Bulgarian ...