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	Wikipedia: French language
		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.
		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.
		French is an official language of New Brunswick, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and is the sole official language of Quebec.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/f/fr/french_language.html (1247 words)

	French language - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		For the history of the French language, the most important of these groups are the Franks in northern France, the Alemanni in the German/French border, the Burgundians in the Rhone valley and the Visigoths in the Aquitaine region and Spain.
		French is an official language of New Brunswick, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/French_language (3512 words)

	French Language - MSN Encarta
		French Language, a member of the Romance language group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European languages.
		It was the court language of Naples; German princes and barons maintained French-born tutors who taught it to their children, and in England for the two centuries following the Norman Conquest in 1066, French strongly rivaled English as the spoken language of the land and almost supplanted it as the literary language.
		One of the most important steps toward standardizing and otherwise improving the French language was the compilation, in the 17th century, of a dictionary by the French Academy, a literary society formed in 1635 by the statesman and cardinal Richelieu.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577987/French_Language.html (1415 words)

	French Language
		The aim of the writers of this period, as is the case of the poets of La Pléiade, was to elevate the French language to the level of Latin as a medium for literary expression, In 1539 a royal decree proclaimed French official language of the public administration.
		French was established as an official language in the French and Belgian colonial possessions in Africa.
		French was the language in which were fixed the notions of the Western culture and for centuries it was used by the educated people all over Europe, gradually replacing Latin in the live international communications.
	www.orbilat.com /Languages/French/French.html (1695 words)

	Dialects of the French language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dialects of the French language are spoken in France and around the world.
		In Canada, French is an official language along with English; the two main dialects of French in Canada are Quebec French and Acadian French.
		French is one of the Oïl languages, which in turn are descendants of Latin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dialects_of_the_French_language (186 words)

	French language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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 one of Canada 's two official languages with English; various of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms deal with the right of Canadians access services in English and French all Canada.
	www.freeglossary.com /French_language (2313 words)

	French Dialects
		Cajun French is a dialect of the French language, spoken primarily in the American state of Louisiana.
		Vietnamese French is an extinct French pidgin spoken in Vietnam.
		The language was influenced by Vietnamese, French, English, Javanese, Cantonese dialect of Chinese, and Portuguese.
	www.french-language-guide.com /french/dialects.asp (566 words)

	French Super Bargains, French Computers / Notebooks, French Dictionary, French ESL-English as Second Language, French ...
		French is one of the Romance languages, descended from Latin.
		French was one of the two official languages of the League of Nations and is now one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
		French spelling generally reflects the language as it was spoken four or five centuries ago and is therefore a poor guide to modern pro-nunciation.
	www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/French.htm (733 words)

	French Language
		French is spoken by 71 million people in France and other 24 countries which include Canada and Belgium, where the Phrancophone population reaches 6 and 4 million people respectively.
		French is also the official language of a number of International organisations, among which EU, NATO and UN.
		French slang is an active language which is used in informal situations to create a more friendly linguistic environment.
	www.learn-foreign-languages.net /lflnet/french.asp (456 words)

	Top 20 French (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French (French: franÃ§ais) is the third of the Romance languages in terms of number of speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese.
		In 2000 French was the 9th most spoken language in the world, being spoken by about 115 million people (called francophones) as a mother tongue or language of daily use, and by 180 million total including second language speakers.
		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.top20french.com (3852 words)

	Yale University Library: French Language & Literature - Selected Reference Materials
		Includes references to articles on French language and literature in some 588 homage volumes; a listing of the Festschriften is followed by a classified listing of the relevant contributions.
		The chapter on French studies includes subsections by specialists on the French language and on each literary era from the early Middle Ages to the present.
		Envisioned as a definitive historical, semantic and syntactical anatomy of the French language, to be issued as a series of separate dictionaries covering various periods.
	www.library.yale.edu /Internet/frenchbib.html (10120 words)

	www.in2reach.com The French Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For the history of the French language, the most important of these groups are the Franks (northern France), the Alamanni (German/French border), the Burgundians (the Rhone valley) and the Visigoths (the Aquitaine region and Spain).
		Langue d'Oc (meaning the language where one says "oc" for "yes") are those dialects in the south of France which remained closer to the original Latin (dialects like Gascon and Provençal, etc.).
		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.
	www.in2reach.com /lang/French_language.html (2282 words)

	French Translation: translate french to english and english to french with language translation software
		Standardization of the French language has been aided in modern times by more widespread education and by the mass media.
		All nouns in the French language have a gender, either feminine or masculine.
		In the French language you will find three accents over the vowels, the acute (´) over e, the grave (`) over a and e, and the circumflex (ˆ) over a, e, i, o, and u.
	www.translationsoftware.us /french-translation.php (932 words)

	French language - Gurupedia
		England in 1066 the Normans brought their Norman language to England; the dialect which developed in the Norman realms as a language of administration and literature is referred to as
		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 Northwest Territories, and
	www.gurupedia.com /f/fr/french_language.htm (2304 words)

	History of French Language
		The dialect of Paris gradually became the national language, however, because of the political prestige of the capital and today is accepted as the model for the French language.
		Creole languages are fully formed languages that develop from a PIDGIN language and gradually become the primary language of a linguistic community.
		French-based Creole is found in Haiti, Mauritius, the French Overseas Departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, and Guyana, in Dominica and St. Lucia, and, although disappearing, in various British-influenced Caribbean islands and in southwestern Louisiana.
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/Language/DF_language.shtml (1955 words)

	spanish language history & dialects in spain -- castilian andalusian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The history of the Spanish language and the origin of the dialects of Spain begin with the linguistic evolution of Vulgar Latin.
		Castilian and Andalusian dialects emerged in the Iberian peninsula (Hispania) during the middle ages.The emergence of modern Spanish more or less coincided with the reconquest of Moorish Spain which was completed by Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragón.
		Spanish is one of the Romance languages in the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European language family, and within Spain, and has two major dialects: Andalusian and Castilian.
	www.alsintl.com /languages/spanish.htm (841 words)

	French Languge
		French: It is one of the romance languages with national standing as the official tongue of France.
		French Language History: The emergence of accentual patterns led to the reduction or loss of many unstressed vowels.
		French language is included in the Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) which is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
	www.online-languagetranslators.com /french_language.htm (330 words)

	French Telemarketing
		French is also spoken in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Monaco, and numerous other countries around the world.
		The highest concentration of French speaking people is in Louisiana and New England, because of its proximity to the Canadian province of Quebec.
		All spoken languages develop regional variations, or dialects; and the French language is no exception.
	www.talk2rep.com /frenchtelemarketing.htm (394 words)

	French Translation Service - English to French Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You probably don't speak French yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		Language is a living thing it develops and changes constantly.
		To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our French translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/french_translation.shtml (464 words)

	Find in a Library: Atlas linguistique et ethnographique de l'Ile-de-France et de l'Orléanais : Ile-de-France, ...
		Subjects: French language -- Dialects -- France -- Ile-de-France -- Maps.
		French language -- Dialects -- France -- Orléanais -- Maps.
		French language -- Dialects -- France -- Paris Region -- Maps.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/oclc/3052140 (111 words)

	Ethnologue, Languages of the World
		Over 12,000 citations spanning 70 years of SIL International's language research in over 1,000 languages.
		Books about languages and cultures of the world for education, research, and reference.
		Computer resources including an extensive library for language researchers and software tools and fonts.
	www.sil.org /ethnologue/countries/Fran.html (74 words)

	Belgium - Languages and dialects
		Map of the Flemish regions as defined for the WVD (dictionnary of the Flemish dialects)
		Overview maps of the dialects of the French language area, size 201 and 217 KB.
		An overview map of the Luxemburgish language/ dialects area, size 78 KB.
	www.euro-support.be /langbel/langbel.htm (438 words)

	Lamson Library
		The Oxford-Hachette Concise French Dictionary : French-English, English-French
		Heath’s New French And English, French-English, English-French, Dictionary, With Pronunciation Based On The System Of The Association Phonétique Internationale; Edited By Ernest A. Baker With An Introduction By Alexander Green
		White Society In Black Africa: The French Of Senegal
	www.plymouth.edu /library/opac/subjkey/french (194 words)

	Mauritian French - Français de l'Ile Maurice
		Population total all countries 77,000,000 first language speakers (1999 WA), 128,000,000 including second language speakers (1999 WA).
		STANDARD FRENCH, NORMAN (NORMAND), PICARD (ROUCHI, CHTIMI), WALLON (WALLOON), ANGEVIN, BERRICHON, BOURBONNAIS, BOURGUIGNON, FRANC-COMTOIS, GALLO, LORRAINE, POITEVIN, SANTONGEAIS.
		Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
	www.encyclopedia.mu /Society/Language/French.htm (265 words)

	Area of Study: French Language and Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Students who major in French language and literature may be able to choose concentrations such as:
		In addition, you must be able to demonstrate that you can speak, read, write, and understand French at an advanced level.
		Study in the French language or its dialects (beginning, intermediate, advanced)
	www.iseek.org /sv/22039.jsp?id=310610 (143 words)

	A Sociolinguistic History of Parisian French - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	MyPlan.com :: Majors :: French Language and Literature :: Description
		MyPlan.com :: Majors :: French Language and Literature :: Description
		A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles.
		Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.
	www.myplan.com /majors/pg1.php?cip=16.0901 (109 words)

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