French

E13984

Indo-European language Romance language

French is a Romance language that evolved from Latin and is now spoken worldwide as both a native and official language in many countries.

Aliases (5)

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language → Romance language →
ancestor	Middle French → Old French → Vulgar Latin →
follows	Latin →
hasDialects	Acadian French → African French → Belgian French → Louisiana French → Quebec French → Swiss French →
hasGrammaticalGender	feminine → masculine →
hasPhonemicFeature	nasal vowels →
hasT-VDistinction	tu–vous distinction →
influenced	English vocabulary → Haitian Creole → Louisiana Creole → Mauritian Creole → Seychellois Creole →
influencedBy	Frankish → Latin →
ISO639-1Code	fr →
ISO639-2Code	fra → fre →
ISO639-3Code	fra →
isOfficialInMultipleContinents	true →
isTaughtAsForeignLanguageWorldwide	true →
isWorkingLanguageOf	African Union → European Union → United Nations →
isWorldLanguage	true →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages → Italic languages → Romance languages →
nativeSpeakers	approximately 80 million →
officialLanguageOf	African Union → Belgium → Benin → Burkina Faso → Cameroon → Canada → Central African Republic → Chad → Comoros → Democratic Republic of the Congo → Djibouti → Equatorial Guinea → European Union → France → Gabon → Guinea → Haiti → International Court of Justice → International Olympic Committee → International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → Ivory Coast → Lebanon → Luxembourg → Madagascar → Mali → Monaco → NATO → Niger → Republic of the Congo → Senegal → Seychelles → Switzerland → Togo → United Nations → Vanuatu → World Trade Organization →
primaryCountry	France →
region	Caribbean → Central Africa → Europe → Indian Ocean → North America → Pacific Ocean → West Africa →
regulatingBody	Académie française →
standardFormOf	Standard French →
subclassOf	Gallo-Romance language →
totalSpeakers	over 300 million →
typology	subject–verb–object →
usesDefiniteArticles	yes →
usesIndefiniteArticles	yes →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (129)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bardonnex → Benin → Central African Republic → Cologny → Council of Europe → Flag of French Equatorial Africa → French Polynesia → Haiti → Iqaluit → Kangiqsujuaq → Kigali → Kinshasa → Léogâne → Madagascar → Mulhouse → Niamey → Nunavik → Nunavut → Ouagadougou → Prince Edward Island → Puducherry → Quebec → Republic of the Congo → Russin → STM → Sierre → Vanuatu →	officialLanguage
Colleville-sur-Mer → Executive Council of the African Union → Francophone Africa → Les Rivières → Nouakchott → Peacebuilding Commission → WIPO General Assembly → West African Economic and Monetary Union →	hasOfficialLanguage
Canadian English ("French language") → Corsu → Cypriot Greek ("French language") → Danish language ("French language") → Louisiana French ("Standard French") → Mesopotamian Arabic → Niçard →	influencedBy
Isidore ("French language") → Joachim ("French language") → Maximilian ("French language") → Priscilla ("French language") → Sylvia ("French language") →	hasLanguageOfUse
Franco-Provençal → Italian language ("French language") → Romanian language ("French language") → Walloon language ("French language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Canadian English ("Canadian French") → Guinean Pidgin English ("French language") → Maghrebi Arabic → Pichi language ("French language") →	coexistsWith
Oran Arabic ("French language") → Piedmontese → Pulaar → Tashelhit →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Claire ("French language") → Eugène ("French language") → Guy ("French language") →	hasOrigin
Afro-Martiniquais → Congress of Vienna → Government of France →	language
Kabyle → Levantine Arabic → Shenwa →	lexicalInfluenceFrom
Brittany ("French language") → Duke of Brittany ("French language") →	hasLanguage
Atikamekw language ("French language") → Shilha →	hasLoanwordsFrom
André → David →	isUsedInLanguage
Ogooué River → Tunisian dinar →	languageOfName
Butaro, Rwanda → French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon →	languageUsed
Louisiana Creole → Seychellois Creole →	primaryLexifierLanguage
French Morocco →	colonialAdministrationLanguage
Seychellois Creole →	coOfficialWith
Mauritius →	deFactoLanguage
Louisiana French →	derivedFrom
Francophone Africa →	dominantColonialLanguage
Melinda French Gates →	familyName
Francophone Africa →	hasCommonLanguage
Proto-Indo-European →	hasDescendant
French ("Quebec French") →	hasDialects
Walloon language ("French language") →	hasDistinctPhonologyFrom
Walloon language ("French language") →	hasDistinctVocabularyFrom
Cameroonian Pidgin English →	hasInfluenceFrom
Chinook Jargon →	hasLexicalSourceLanguage
Chinook Jargon →	hasLexifierLanguage
Albanian language →	hasLoanwordSource
Bütgenbach →	hasMinorityLanguage
Jèrriais →	hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom
Mauritian Creole →	hasPrimaryLexifier
Basque Country ("French language") →	hasRecognizedLanguage
Trinidadian Creole English →	hasVocabularySource
Puducherry →	heritageInfluence
Vulgar Latin →	influenced
Jamaican Patois →	influencedByLanguage
Normans ("French language") →	influencedLanguage
Louisiana Creole ("Standard French") →	isDistinctFrom
Leon ("French language") →	isUsedIn
French II Corps →	languageOfCommand
Liberation of Luxembourg →	languageOfRegion
Académie française ("French language") →	languageRegulated
Munsee language →	lexicalBorrowingFrom
Corsican language ("French language") →	lexicallyInfluencedBy
Antillean Creole →	lexifierLanguage
Sub-Saharan Africa →	majorColonialLanguage
Gallo-Romance languages ("French language") →	majorLanguage
Presque Isle, Pennsylvania ("French language") →	nameOrigin
Kirundi →	neighboringLanguages
Luxembourgers →	officialLanguageInState
Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch →	officialLanguageOfWork
Belgian French ("French language") →	partOf
Middle French ("Modern French") →	precedes
Occitan ("French language") →	sharesFeatureWith
Belgian French ("Standard French") →	sharesGrammarWith
French ("Standard French") →	standardFormOf
Acadian French ("French language") →	subclassOf
Myene →	usedAlongside
Naomi ("French language") →	usedIn
French Armed Forces ("French language") →	uses
Francophonie ("French language") →	usesLanguage
Turkish language →	usesLoanwordsFrom