French language

ORIGIN OF THE LANGUAGE

French history goes back to the years  51 and 58 with  the invasion of The Roman Empire in the territory of Gaul, by forbiding their language and imposing theirs, but some territories resisted, for exemple Brittany and the south-west of France.  The Roman Empire eventually fell, and the country was invaded by the Huns, the Franks (meaning free in French) and the Visigoths, leading to a wide variety of dialects. 

At present, there are about 75 regional languages in the country, these are taught at schools, and one of the most famous is breton. 

It is known that French comes from Latin, although during its years of existence the language has varied.

WHERE AND WHO?

French language is spoken around the world. Is spoken in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Monaco and Switzerland. Also is spoken in a lots of countries of Africa such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Marfil Coast, Senegal, Togo and Malí which are in Occidental Africa, Burundi, Ruanda, the Seychelles, Yibuti and Madagascar which are from the Orient, also the Republic of Congo, Camerun, Chad and Guinea. In America is also spoken in Canada and the Haiti Isles.

French is the fifth most spoken language of the world, after Spanish, English, Mandarin and Arabic. Also french, is the oficial language in different countries around the world. At present around  300 milion people speak french but the majority are only self-speakers. Around 120 milion of students are learning  french at schools around the world.