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.

Benin → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Gallo-Romance languages → majorLanguage → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Executive Council of the African Union → hasOfficialLanguage → French ⓘ
Shenwa → lexicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ
David → isUsedInLanguage → French ⓘ
Académie française → languageRegulated → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Maximilian → hasLanguageOfUse → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Louisiana Creole → primaryLexifierLanguage → French ⓘ
Louisiana Creole → isDistinctFrom → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard French
Eugène → hasOrigin → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
French Polynesia → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Cypriot Greek → influencedBy → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Seychellois Creole → primaryLexifierLanguage → French ⓘ
Seychellois Creole → coOfficialWith → French ⓘ
Oran Arabic → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch → officialLanguageOfWork → French ⓘ
Kirundi → neighboringLanguages → French ⓘ
Tashelhit → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ
Ogooué River → languageOfName → French ⓘ
Iqaluit → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Kangiqsujuaq → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
French Morocco → colonialAdministrationLanguage → French ⓘ
Naomi → usedIn → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Les Rivières → hasOfficialLanguage → French ⓘ
Congo → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
Myene → usedAlongside → French ⓘ
Kinshasa → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Duke of Brittany → hasLanguage → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Puducherry → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Puducherry → heritageInfluence → French ⓘ
Peacebuilding Commission → hasOfficialLanguage → French ⓘ
Luxembourgers → officialLanguageInState → French ⓘ
Léogâne → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Bütgenbach → hasMinorityLanguage → French ⓘ
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → languageUsed → French ⓘ
Quebec, Canada → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
subject surface form: Quebec
Chinook Jargon → hasLexifierLanguage → French ⓘ
Chinook Jargon → hasLexicalSourceLanguage → French ⓘ
Francophone Africa → hasOfficialLanguage → French ⓘ
Francophone Africa → hasCommonLanguage → French ⓘ
Francophone Africa → dominantColonialLanguage → French ⓘ
Presque Isle, Pennsylvania → nameOrigin → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Pulaar → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → French ⓘ
Munsee language → lexicalBorrowingFrom → French ⓘ
Afro-Martiniquais → language → French ⓘ
Atikamekw language → hasLoanwordsFrom → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Guy → hasOrigin → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language
Central African Republic → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Ouagadougou → officialLanguage → French ⓘ
Joachim → hasLanguageOfUse → French ⓘ
this entity surface form: French language