French

E13984

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

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
French canonical 220
French language 116
Standard French 4

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (345)

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

Wallisian language coOfficialWith French
this entity surface form: French language
Wallisian language usedAlongside French
this entity surface form: French language
Wallisian language hasLoanwordsFrom French
this entity surface form: French language
Futunan language coexistsWith French
this entity surface form: French language
Malagasy coOfficialWith French
Julie usedIn French
this entity surface form: French language
GRC usesOfficialLanguages French
Piemontese distinctFrom French
this entity surface form: French language
Gambier Islands culture hasLanguage French
this entity surface form: French language
Ewondo influencedBy French
this entity surface form: French language
Ewondo hasLoanwordsFrom French
Maroua languageSpoken French
Céline associatedLanguage French
this entity surface form: French language
John French familyName French
Poitevin-Saintongeais closelyRelatedTo French
this entity surface form: French language
Poitevin-Saintongeais hasLexicalSimilarityWith French
this entity surface form: French language
Simone languageOfUse French
this entity surface form: French language
Gallo language distinctFrom French
this entity surface form: French language
Bangui officialLanguage French
East Futunan language coexistsWith French
this entity surface form: French language
West Futunan language coexistsWith French
this entity surface form: French language
Ajië language influencedBy French
this entity surface form: French language
Ajië language hasLoanwordsFrom French
this entity surface form: French language
Casamance hasLanguage French
this entity surface form: French language
Finistère languageRegion French
this entity surface form: French language
Northern Basque Country majorLanguage French
this entity surface form: French language
Matadi languageMajority French
Eugene usedIn French
this entity surface form: French language
Fagauvea language coexistsWith French
this entity surface form: French language
Efate hasLanguage French