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According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2011), French is the fourth [101] most-spoken language in the United States after English, Spanish, and Chinese, when all forms of French are considered together and all languages of Chinese are similarly combined. French remains the second most-spoken language in the states of Louisiana and Maine.
French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 50 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
Country or territory Number of living languages Number of speakers Established Immigrant Total Percent ... French Polynesia: 9 1 10 0.14 257,960 25,796 3,000
French is regionally spoken, with a special law on French-language services. [76] In Newfoundland and Labrador, in the autonomous area of Nunatsiavut, English and Inuttut are co-official [77] There is also a particular provincial French Language Services Policy [78] In Port au Port Peninsula French language is used as well. [79] [80] [81]
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In French Polynesia, the percentage of the population who reported that French was the language they use the most at home rose from 67% at the 2007 census to 74% at the 2017 census. [ 102 ] [ 100 ] In Wallis and Futuna, the percentage of the population who reported that French was the language they use the most at home rose from 10% at the 2008 ...
The French language is spoken as a minority language in the United States.Roughly 1.18 million Americans over the age of five reported speaking the language at home in the federal 2020 American Community Survey, [1] making French the seventh most spoken language in the country behind English, Spanish (of which it is the second Romance language to be spoken after the latter), Chinese, Tagalog ...
The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 United States census. [1] The Census Bureau collects data on languages spoken at home by inhabitants of Louisiana five years of age or more. Responses "French" and "Cajun" are included. In 2010, statewide, out of a population 5 years and older of 4,152,122 ...