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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
French canonical 220
French language 116
Standard French 4

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 ⓘ
French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Quebec French

Romandy ⓘ
surface form: 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 language family ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: 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 French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard French
subclassOf Gallo-Romance language ⓘ
totalSpeakers over 300 million ⓘ
typology subject–verb–object ⓘ
usesDefiniteArticles yes ⓘ
usesIndefiniteArticles yes ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (345)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vulgar Latin → influenced → French ⓘ
Danish language → influencedBy → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Romanian language → closelyRelatedTo → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Turkish language → usesLoanwordsFrom → French ⓘ
Italian language → closelyRelatedTo → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Albanian language → hasLoanwordSource → French ⓘ
Haiti → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Antillean Creole → lexifierLanguage → French ⓘ
Levantine Arabic → lexicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic → coexistsWith → French ⓘ
Canadian English → influencedBy → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Canadian English → coexistsWith → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian French
Mesopotamian Arabic → influencedBy → French ⓘ
French Armed Forces → uses → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Nouakchott → hasOfficialLanguage → French ⓘ
French → standardFormOf → French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard French
French → hasDialects → French self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quebec French
Melinda French Gates → familyName → French ⓘ
Occitan → sharesFeatureWith → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Tunisian dinar → languageOfName → French ⓘ
Pichi language → coexistsWith → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Sub-Saharan Africa → majorColonialLanguage → French ⓘ
Nunavut → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) → closelyRelatedTo → French ⓘ
subject surface form: Franco-Provençal
Piedmontese → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ
Walloon language → hasDistinctPhonologyFrom → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Walloon language → hasDistinctVocabularyFrom → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Walloon language → closelyRelatedTo → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
André → isUsedInLanguage → French ⓘ
Prince Edward Island → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Francophonie → usesLanguage → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Priscilla → hasLanguageOfUse → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
WIPO General Assembly → hasOfficialLanguage → French ⓘ
Corsican language → lexicallyInfluencedBy → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Madagascar → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Liberation of Luxembourg → languageOfRegion → French ⓘ
Vanuatu → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Jamaican Patois → influencedByLanguage → French ⓘ
Mauritius → deFactoLanguage → French ⓘ
Brittany → hasLanguage → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Basque Country → hasRecognizedLanguage → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Corsu → influencedBy → French ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European → hasDescendant → French ⓘ
Kabyle → lexicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ
Shilha → hasLoanwordsFrom → French ⓘ
Government of France → language → French ⓘ
Sylvia → hasLanguageOfUse → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Congress of Vienna → language → French ⓘ
Russin → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Jèrriais → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ