
French is a Romance language that descended from Latin, but also influenced by the native Celtic languages of Roman Gaul and by the Germanic language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. It is the mother tongue to more than 100 million people, spoken as a second language by 190 million, while an estimated 200 million know French as a foreign language. It has a significant number of speakers in 54 countries, with most native speakers in France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, an...
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