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	French language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		French (français) is the third-largest of the Romance languages in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese, being spoken by about 120 million people as a mother tongue or fluently.
		In Asia, French is an administrative language in Laos and Lebanon, and is used unofficially in parts of Cambodia, India (Pondicherry, Mahé, Karikal and Yanam), Syria and Vietnam.
		French is written using the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, plus five diacritics (the circumflex accent, acute accent, grave accent, diaeresis, and cedilla) and the two ligatures (œ) and (æ).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_language (3188 words)

	Acadian French - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acadian French (le français acadien) is a variety or dialect of French spoken by francophone Acadians in the Canadian Maritimes provinces and the Saint John River Valley in northern Maine.
		Cajun French, a regional dialect spoken in Southern Louisiana in the United States, is a direct descendant of Acadian French.
		Acadian French is descended from the French dialects of Anjou and of Poitou in France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acadian_French (761 words)

	French language - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		French (français, spelled françois until 1835, both pronounced [fʀɑ̃sɛ] in standard French, but often heard pronounced [fʀɑ̃se]), or French language (langue française, formerly langue françoise, both pronounced [lɑ̃g fʀɑ̃sɛz]), is the third of the Romance languages in terms of number of speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese.
		The earliest extant text in French is the Oath of Strasbourg from 842; Old French became a literary language with the chansons de geste that told tales of the paladins of Charlemagne and the heroes of the Crusades.
		French is an official language of New Brunswick, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/French_language (3502 words)

	French Language - Acadian Culture in Maine
		In 1970, Frenchville’s population of French speakers was reported at 85.9% and that of St. Agatha was 96.5% (Giguère, 1979: 156).
		Language stigma and a desire by some to speak English are frequently cited reasons for the decline in the use of French.
		Massignon concluded that the French of the Upper St. John Valley (Maine and New Brunswick) was a mixed, relatively Canadianized speech in comparison to that of surrounding Acadian settlement areas.
	acim.umfk.maine.edu /language.html (1317 words)

	French language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		French is the 11th most spoken in the world spoken by about 77 people (called Francophones) as a mother tongue and 128 million including second language in 1999.
		For the of the French language the most important these groups are the Franks (northern France) the Alemanni (German/French border) the Burgundians (the Rhone valley) and the Visigoths (the Aquitaine region and Spain).
		French is an official language of New Brunswick the Northwest Territories and Nunavut and is the sole official language Québec.
	www.freeglossary.com /French_language (2313 words)

	FRENCH LANGUAGE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		French (French: ''français'') is the third largest of the Romance languages in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese, being spoken by about 87 million people as a mother tongue, and altogether by some 190 million people, which includes second-language speakers who use French for daily communication.
		The French language is a Romance language, meaning that it is descended from Latin.
		French has been the only official language of Quebec since 1974, although it is commonly (and incorrectly) believed that the designation of French as the sole official language occurred in 1977 with the adoption of the Charter of the French Language (which is popularly referred to as ''Bill 101'').
	www.factagent.com /French_language (3590 words)

	French language
		French (''français'', spelled françois until 1835, both pronounced in standard French, but often heard pronounced), or French language (''langue française'', formerly langue françoise, both pronounced), is the third of the Romance languages in terms of number of speakers, outnumbered by Spanish and Portuguese.
		Langue d'Oc, the language where one says oc for "yes" are those dialects in the south of France and northern Spain (Ibero-Romance dialects) which remained closer to the original Latin, like Gascon and Provençal, etc. Romance languages outside of France derive their word for "yes" from sic, Latin for "thus".
		French is the sole official language of Quebec.
	french-language.ask.dyndns.dk (3148 words)

	French language
		French (Langue Française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese.
		French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people as a mother tongue[?], and 128 million including second language speakers, in 1999.
		It is the official language, but actually less commonly used than the native languages, in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Guinea, Madagascar, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Vanuatu and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fr/Francais.html (447 words)

	French language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the 1880s, the rise of French national sentiment (via universal military service and national education) encouraged the suppression of regional differences and local languages and dialects; by 1910, 90% of the French population understood French, although 50% still understood a local language or dialect.
		In the north-eastern regions are speakers of Alsatian (a Germanic language), and Flemish (a dialect of Dutch).
		French is an official language of New Brunswick, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
	french-language.kiwiki.homeip.net (3030 words)

	French Language
		While many of the early settlers probably spoke French, their speech would have reflected the influence of the dialects which were spoken in their regions of origin.
		Over the last 200 years, French Canadians who believe it is important to preserve the purity of Canadian French and to (re)instill a sense of pride within the French Canadian nation have advocated the eradication of anglicisms.
		Up until the late 1960s their efforts have not been very successful; however, recent legislation designed to make French the language of work in Québec (seeBILL 101) has increased general awareness of French vocabulary on the part of workers and of the public at large and has brought a decline in the use of anglicisms.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0003063 (1234 words)

	French language - Gurupedia
		French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother tongue, and 128 million including second language speakers, in 1999.
		From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French was the lingua franca of educated Europe, especially with regards to the arts and litterature, and monarchs such as Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia could both speak and write in French.
		French is one of Canada's two official languages, with English; various provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms deal with the right of Canadians to access services in English and French all across Canada.
	www.gurupedia.com /f/fr/french_language.htm (2304 words)

	Acadia, Acadian, French-Canadian:Acadian Ancestral Home Newsletter
		For the Acadians, it was disaster.1500 of them managed to escape deportation by fleeing to the Bay of Chaleurs region and to Quebec where many died of sickness and hunger.
		Acadian leaders soon realized that this rapid integration in the mainstream society was being done at the risk of completely banishing the French language and the Acadian culture from the Island landscape, a peril which was also felt in the other Maritime Provinces.
		Although the preservation of the French language is a constant and challenging struggle, Island Acadians are proud of their accomplishments.
	www.acadian-home.org /newsletter-issue-4.html (13994 words)

	French language
		Cajun French derives primarily from a mixture of Acadian French, Creole French, standard nineteenth-century French, and English.
		As one New Yorker noted on a visit to south Louisiana during the 1860s, the Cajuns were "unable to speak the English language, or convey an intelligent idea in the national tongue." Even those non-Cajuns who appreciated standard French frowned on Cajun French as inferior.
		In 1916, however, the state board of education banned the use of French in public classrooms; in 1921 legislators confirmed the ban in a new state constitution.
	www.cajunculture.com /Other/french.htm (369 words)

	Nova Scotia (French)
		The kindergarten to grade 12 curriculum is developed by the staff of the Acadian and French Language Services of the Department of Education and Culture.
		The Acadian and French Language Services are currently developing a learning outcomes evaluation program jointly with the other Atlantic provinces and the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation.
		The Acadian and French Language Services have not developed a provincial testing program for mathematics at the high school level, and use the one prescribed by the general curriculum.
	www.cmec.ca /pcap/math97/Pages/NSF.html (696 words)

	Articles - French language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		French is written using the Latin alphabet, plus five diacritics (the circumflex accent, acute accent, grave accent, diaeresis, and cedilla) and one ligature (Å“).
		Words coming from German retain the old Umlaut if applicable but uses French pronunciation, such as ´´kÃ¤rcher´´(trade mark of a pressure washer).
		The ligature Å“ is a mandatory contraction of ´´oe´´ in certain words (´´sÅ“ur´´ "sister", etc. In these cases, the Latin etymon must be spelled with an ´´o´´ where the French word has ´´Å“u´´: ´´bovem´´ > ´´bÅ“uf´´, ´´mores´´ > ´´mÅ“urs´´, ´´oculum´´ > ´´Å“il´´.
	www.seekj.com /articles/French_language (499 words)

	Acadian-Cajun Genealogy Links
		• The neutral French, or, The exiles of Nova Scotia, by Mrs.
		Acadians from Cape Breton and the Magdalene Islands settled the Bay St. George area of western Newfoundland.
		The Acadian Historical Village represents Acadian life (1770-1890) after they were exiled from their homeland in the 1750s.
	www.acadian-cajun.com /genlink.htm (3729 words)

	Le Meilleur (The Best) de l’internet: A Review of French-Language Information Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		While French has experienced a relative decline over the past 50 years, it remains one of the world’s major languages and, perhaps surprisingly, one of the most common languages spoken in the United States.
		Those interested in French Canadian culture outside Quebec should visit the Bibliothèque de reference virtuelle du Nouveau-Brunswick [http://www.gnb.ca/bibliothequespubliques] and click on “Bibliothèque de reference virtuelle.” Developed by the New Brunswick Public Library Service, the French section of this portal was designed to meet the information needs of the province’s French-speaking Acadian community.
		Produced in France, the file is multilingual (French, English, German, Italian, and Spanish) and lets users limit searches by year of publication or by a range of years and by language.
	www.infotoday.com /searcher/sep05/lupien.shtml (3491 words)

	Supply -- Mon., April 9, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She said Recoveries were less in the forecast than they were in the estimate, in fact the forecast recoveries - let's face it, that means money from the federal government - was actually up almost $200,000.
		It is a university-college where those taking post-secondary education in French could move more easily from one to the other, where resources could be shared, such as the registrar, and as some of the really excellent distance learning facilities of the college could perhaps be used as well by the university.
		There is a second aspect of the plans that has also come forward in comments from the superintendent of the HRM School Board and that is the possibility of creating an arts program or specialized programs of study at the new Halifax West High School.
	www.gov.ns.ca /legislature/hansard/comm/su/h01apr09.htm (19628 words)

	Toki Pona - China-related Topics TM-TP - China-Related Topics
		This simplified conceptualization of colors tends to exclude a number of colors that are commonly expressed in Western languages.
		An early description of the language uses luka (literally "hand") to signify "five." Kisa has deprecated this feature in the latest official description of Toki Pona.
		The language is designed to shape the thought processes of its users, in the style of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Toki_Pona (2424 words)

	News Release: Acadian Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Co., as interim special adviser for Acadian Affairs.
		Gaudet was acting director for Acadian Affairs from 2001 to
		Gaudet is well known and respected in the Acadian
	www.gov.ns.ca /news/details.asp?id=20031230001 (206 words)

	Find in a Library: Acadian French
		Subjects: French language -- Dialects -- Maritime Provinces.
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/6d1580dfa8f34e4ba19afeb4da09e526.html (43 words)

	Department of Education - Acadian and French Language Services Branch
		Department of Education - Acadian and French Language Services Branch
		Official Languages in Education Programs - Department of Canadian Heritage and Nova Scotia
		Destination CLIC (formerly known as PBFHQ - Bursaries for francophones not residing in Quebec)
	dsalf.ednet.ns.ca /e/bursary_prog.shtml (69 words)

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