- King Francis I of France made French the official language of administration and court proceedings in 1539, replacing Latin as the country’s official written...
- Although many of France’s regional languages evolved from Vulgar Latin as Romance languages, they also include languages of Germanic and Celtic origin.
- The Celtic language, Breton, is spoken by 1.2% and mainly in the north-west of France. These three languages have no official status within France.
- As of today, French is the only official language of France, but that doesn’t mean that it is the only language spoken in France.
- The regions in which besides the French (at least) one other language exists ( allophone regions), located mainly in the south of France, to a large extent...
- The Ethnologue lists 25 languages for France, of them two extinct. Here, we will leave aside three types of languages: (1) immigrant languages...
- Catalan is the only official language of Andorra; however, French is commonly used because of the proximity to France and the fact that France is...
- French is the national language of France, and it is spoken by about 60 million people. It is a Romance language, which means that it is derived from Latin.
- The regional languages of France are sometimes called patois, but this term (roughly meaning "dialects") is often considered derogatory.
- Let’s celebrate France’s linguistic richness and discover what makes the regional languages spoken throughout France and its territories so special!