French

Langue française

Information - Renseignements

Family: Borean, Eurasiatic, Nostratic, Indo-European, Italic, Latin, Romance, Western Romance, Gallo-Romance, Oïl, Old French, Middle French

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Time Period: 10th century - Present

Writing System: Latin (Spanish Alphabet)

Language Status: Safe

Most French dialects in most regions are not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Louisianian French dialect is classified as Definitely Endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Various dialects of French croeles are classified as Severely Endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Berbanian, Reinachan, and Delphian French are classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

French (français [/fʁɑ̃(-n-)sɛ/] or langue française [/lɑ̃(-n-)ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz/]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. 


French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.


This language was introduced in Worldcraft, Weather Dragons, Equation, Two Lights, Rescris, and No Way to Seaway.

Etymology - Étymologie

According to the traditional interpretation, the Franks were named from their national weapon, a kind of spear called the *frankōn (cf. OE franca 'javelin, lance', ON frakka 'javelin, dart'), in a process analogous to the naming of the Saxons, which derives from Proto-Germanic *sahsōn, a small sword similar to a knife or a dagger.


The name of France directly continues Latin Francia, originally applied to the entire Frankish Empire. Under the reign of the Franks' Kings Clovis I, Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, and Charlemagne, the country was known as Kingdom of Franks or Francia. 

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