French people

The French (French: les Français), or the French people, who have French nationality most of them are native from Metropolitan France, in Western Europe. Other are born in Oversea departements or Oversea territories, or in former French colonies.

Language

:Main article: French language

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The French language, the mother tongue of the majority of the world's French, is a Romance language, one of the many derived from Latin. In addition to its Latinate base, the development of French was also influenced, in both grammar and vocabulary, by the Celtic tongues of pre-Roman Gaul, the Germanic tongues of the Franks and the Norsemen/Vikings who settled in Normandy. More recently, French has been heavily influenced by other global tongues, particularly English.

Related Topics:
French language - Romance language - Latin - Celtic - Gaul - Franks - Viking - Normandy - English

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French is not the only language spoken by the population in France. Other regional languages include:

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• Alsatian, a Germanic language spoken in the French province of Alsace
• Basque, a Language isolate spoken in the southwest of France, along the border with Spain]
• Breton, the Celtic language of the French province of Brittany
• Catalan, a Romance language spoken mostly in Roussillon
• Corsican, the Romance language of Corsica, a French island
• Flemish, a dialect of Dutch (Germanic)
• Provençal, a dialect of Occitan (Romance language)
• Occitan
• Polynesian languages
• Arabic language
• Créole language