Sunday, November 16, 2014
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The French Speaking Language - What Is It About?

Of all the Romance languages, French is number three on the list of most people who speak it. French is actually known as "langue d'oil". French is spoken by over 200 million people worldwide and 128 million who speak every day in their professional and personal lives.

French is the official language in 33 countries in Africa, Canada and Europe. There is a community of French mother tongue living in French-speaking countries also known as The French Francophonei.

French Speaking Language History

It is estimated that the principle of the French language was in the eighth century in northern Gaul (northern France). The origin of language was vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. It is also influenced by other languages, such as Germanic invaders post-Roman francs and Celtics native of Roman Gaul. You may notice the influence of the Franks and the Celtics in the focus of the French language. This is why some spellings and French sounds are significantly different compared to other Romance languages. That's why many sounds in Italian and Spanish appear similar with respect to the French.

French (Franceis archaic) is the native name of the French language. This derives from the name of the country of France is derived from the Latin meaning behind France "Land of Franks.The French name actually came from the Old English meaning frencisc" Franco - related to the Franks. "

Even if the French came from Vulgar Latin, which was strongly influenced by the massive presence of the Franks who lived in northern Gaul where they spoke the Germanic language of the Franks in the eighth century. This is why northern Gaul was actually a bilingual American country of the Franks in the years between the eighth and fourth centuries. In the eighth and ninth centuries, northern Gaul was gradually becoming a bilingual country, French franc before the language was dubbed the French.

History shows that heavy Germanic influence of the French language is what distinguishes it from other Romance languages. In addition, he is the only marked after an ethnic German language romance.

The international position of the Francophonie Language

During the 17th and 18th centuries, French was considered a lingua franca in Europe. He played a major cultural and political role, although widely used in diplomacy. Unfortunately, the international role of the language has been considerably reduced. This was widely felt after World War II, when the British took over. On the other hand, still meets internationally recognized as one of the languages used in the United Nations Secretariat and is one of the two official languages of the IOC and NATO.

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