French language
Romance linguistic system
French is a Romance language descended from Latin, spoken as a native tongue in France, parts of Belgium and Switzerland, Quebec, and numerous African nations.
It serves as an official language of many international organizations and was historically the dominant language of diplomacy.
French is known for its nasal vowels, liaison between words, and grammatical gender system that affects articles and adjectives.
She studied French for years before visiting Paris.
- MontrealQuebec's chief city
- je ne sais quoiIntangible appealing trait
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- QuebecFrench-speaking Canadian province
- conjugationVerb form variation system
subjunctive · Norman · syntax · Académie française · romance · liaison · cedilla · accent · grammar · amour · haute couture · crème de la crème · Parisian · eloquent · merci · bonjour · oui · c'est la vie
- QuebecQuebec City, Montreal, premier, National Assembly, premiers
- Belgian HistoryBelgium, independence movement, King Leopold, constitutional monarchy, national congress
- FrancophoneParis, Haitian Creole, bonjour, merci, bilingual
- Francophone AfricaSenegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Niger
- France-Maghrebcolonial legacy, diplomatic tensions, Charles de Gaulle, Algiers, Casablanca
- French West AfricaSenegal, Mali, Niger, Guinea, Dahomey
French languageSpanish
Language of Iberia
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