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Ms. Matthews
Subjects > French
Dunleer, le 16 novembre 2009
Bonjour tout le monde! Comment allez vous aujourd'hui? Scoil Uí Mhuirí is embarking on a new language project!
On va visiter la France - sur l'Internet! Cliquez sur l'image à gauche.
Nos amis dans le lycée Jules Ferry a St. Dié nous attendons! L'école se trouve à 48, Rue Saint Charles - 88100 SAINT-DIE-DES-VOSGES.
Allons-y!
Écrivez nous bientôt!
SUM
French (français) is a Romance language globally spoken by about 77 million people as a first language (mother tongue), by 190 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired , with significant speakers in 57 countries.
Most native speakers of the language live in France, where the language originated. The rest live essentially in Canada (particularly Quebec, and to a lesser extent Ontario and ), Belgium, Switzerland, French-speaking Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire), Luxembourg, and certain parts of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
French is a descendant of the Latin language of the Roman Empire, as are national languages such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian and minority languages ranging from to Neapolitan and many more. Its development was also influenced by the native of Roman Gaul and by the Germanic language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.
It is an official language in 28 countries, most of which form what is called, in French, La Francophonie, the community of French-speaking nations. It is an official language of all United Nations agencies and a . According to the European Union, 129 million (26% of the 497,198,740) people in 27 member states speak French, of which 65 million (12%) are native speakers and 69 million (14%) claim to speak it either as a second language or as a foreign language, which makes it the third most spoken second language in the Union, after English (2nd rank) and German (1st rank).
In addition, prior to the mid 20th century, French served as the pre-eminent language of diplomacy among European and colonial powers as well as a lingua franca among the educated classes of Europe.
As a result of France's extensive colonial ambitions between the 17th and 20th centuries, French was introduced to America, Africa, Polynesia, and the Caribbean. As a result, many creole languages developed as a result of the mixture of French and native languages.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)