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French (French: Fran? Ais English: French is a language of the Romanesque family of Indo-European languages in Europe. Romance includes central Romance (French, Italian, Sardinian dialect, Catalan, etc.) and western Romance (Spanish, Portuguese, etc.). ) and oriental romance (Romania, etc. ).
French is one of the Romanesque languages with the largest number of users after Spanish. At present, 87 million people in the world speak French as their mother tongue, and another 285 million people use French (including those who speak French as a second language).
French is the official language of the United Nations, the European Union and other regional and international organizations. French and Canadian French are two branches of French in the world, and there are significant differences between them.
There are many different dialects in France, but what about the dialects near Paris later? French has replaced other dialects and become the basis of modern French official language.
However, due to the backward economic development and historical separation in South China, there are still many dialects, such as Masha dialect, Upper languedoc dialect, Lower languedoc dialect, limousin dialect, Upper Orforny dialect, Lower Orforny dialect, Galke dialect and Provence dialect.
In addition to the above dialects, other major French dialects include Walloon, Pattern, Norman, Lorraine, Champagne, anglin and Burgundy.
Because of its rigorous usage, French is used internationally to write such rigorous and important documents as legal provisions. The United Nations has adopted English as its first language and French as its first language.
As one of the six working languages of the United Nations, French is second only to English in international social and diplomatic activities. It is not only the official language of France, but also the official or common language of more than 40 countries and regions on five continents. The number of French speakers is estimated to be around 654.38+0.2 billion.
Although there are not many French speakers in the world, French-speaking countries are widely distributed. If English is the largest language in terms of global language distribution, then French deserves to be the second largest language.