Alternate Names: Français
Dialects: Angevin, Berrichon, Bourbonnais, Bourguignon, Franc-Comtois, Gallo, Lorraine, Norman (Normand), Poitevin, Saintongeais, Standard French. Lexical similarity: 89% with Italian ,, 80% with Logudorese Sardinian ,, 78% with Romansch ,, 75% with Portuguese ,, Romanian ,, and Spanish,, 29% with German ,, 27% with English ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 60,000,000 in France (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 74,980,460.
Language Use: 21,490,000 also use English [eng]. 7,760,000 also use Spanish [spa]. 4,776,000 also use Standard German [deu].
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1530–2000.
Typology: SVO.
Spoken In: Vanuatu, Switzerland, France, Canada, Algeria, Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Lebanon, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo
Writing System: Braille, Latin
Nation of Origin: France, Lebanon, Martinique, Monaco
Other Comments: Christian.