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  2. Languages of France - Wikipedia

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    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 Alemannic; spoken by 1.44% of the national population); Basque, a language isolate; Breton, a Celtic language (spoken by 0. ...

  3. Varieties of French - Wikipedia

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    French is an administrative language and is commonly but unofficially used in the Maghreb states, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.As of 2023, an estimated 350 million African people spread across 34 African countries can speak French either as a first or second language, mostly as a secondary language, making Africa the continent with the most French speakers in the world. [2]

  4. Atlas linguistique de la France - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. File:Langues de la France.svg - Wikipedia

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    File:Départements de France-simple.svg licensed with PD-self 2007-09-09T11:49:17Z Marmelad 507x553 (148302 Bytes) added a box zoomed in around Paris to show the small departements near the city, as in [[:Image:Carte France Département 95.png]] (currently hidden). For documentation on how to use this image, see [[:User:Marmelad/FRA-Map

  6. Category:French dialects - Wikipedia

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    French language in France ... National dialects of French (1 P) Pages in category "French dialects" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.

  7. Croissant (linguistic zone) - Wikipedia

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    Northern parts of the Lemosin and Auvernhat dialects. The Croissant (Occitan: [1] lo Creissent; French: le Croissant) is a linguistic transitional zone between the Langue d'oc (also referred to as Occitan) dialects and the Langue d'oïl dialects, situated in the centre of France where Occitan dialects are spoken (Limousin and Auvergnat) that have transitional traits toward French (Langue d ...

  8. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...

  9. Langues d'oïl - Wikipedia

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    The langues d'oïl (/ d ɔɪ (l)/ doy(l), [3] US also / d ɔː ˈ iː l / daw-EEL, [4] [5] [Note 1] French: [lɑ̃ɡ dɔjl] [6]) are a dialect continuum that includes standard French and its closest autochthonous relatives historically spoken in the northern half of France, southern Belgium, and the Channel Islands.