Languages of France

Romance language

Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, including English, having contributed many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin roots appear frequently in the

Western Romance language

language of the Basque people

Romance language of Western Europe

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Luxembourgish ( ; also Luxemburgish, Luxembourgian, Letzebu(e)rgesch; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.

Celtic language spoken in France

extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths

language of the Romani people belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family

Italo-Dalmatian language

Romance language indigenous to Belgium and France

Gallo-Romance language (for the ancient extinct language use Q36104)

Romance language of northwest France

Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a Gallo-Romance language that originated and is spoken in eastern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.

Gallo-Romance language spoken in northern France and southern Belgium

dialect continuum that includes French and its closest relatives

Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in most of Alsace, a region in eastern France

regional language of France

sign language used predominately in France and French-speaking Switzerland

one of the two languages of the Armenian language branch

Germanic language spoken in West Flanders, French Flanders and in the west of Zeelandic Flanders

language

all the dialects of Oïl spoken in Lorraine; independent languages or dialects of French

' (; ) or ' (endonym: ) is a northern dialect of Occitan spoken in central and southern France, in particular in the former administrative region of Auvergne.

languages of a geographical region

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West Germanic language family

Oïl language spoken in Burgundy and particularly in the Morvan area of the region

Romani-influenced Spanish language

language

Gallo-Romance language family

set of Franconian dialects spoke in the Low Countries during the Early Middle Ages

Frainc-Comtou () is a Romance language of the ''langues d'oïl'' language family spoken in the Franche-Comté region of France and in the Canton of Jura and Bernese Jura in Switzerland.

language

set of Germanic dialects spoken in Moselle (France

langue d'oïl

language

Occitan dialect spoken in Nice, France

French-based creole languages family, primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles

language

Malagasy language

dialect of Poitevin, itself considered a French dialect

French as the sole official language

transitional dialect

Wenzhounese (, Wenzhounese: ), also known as Oujiang (), Tong Au () or Au Nyü (), is the language spoken in Wenzhou, the southern prefecture of Zhejiang, China. It is the most divergent division of Wu Chinese, with little to no mutual intelligibility with other Wu dialects or any other variety of Chinese. It features noticeable elements in common with Min Chinese, which is spoken to the south in Fujian. Oujiang is sometimes used as the broader term, and Wenzhou for Wenzhounese proper in a narrow sense.

Öil language very closely related to French

transitional dialect between the Occitan language and the Ligurian language

variety of Franco-Provençal

dialect of the West Flemish language spoken in French Flanders

dialect group of the Ligurian language

Royasc is a dialect bridging the gap between the Ligurian language and the Occitan language. It is spoken in Italy and France.

French language dialect

whistled speech variation of Occitan, practiced in the Aas village, France

aspect of Occitan grammar