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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Alur language, Amba language (Bantu), Asoa language, Avokaya language, Bala language, Bangala language, Bangba language, Bangi language, Bangi-Ntomba languages, Bango language, Bangubangu language, Barambu language, Beeke language, Bemba language, Bemba language (Congo), Binji language, Boma language, Budu language, Budza language, Bushong language, Buyu language, Bwa language, Bwile language, Central Banda language, Chokwe language, Dengese language, Ding language, Dongo language, Eborna language, French language, Furu language, Guru language, Havu language, Hema language, Hemba language, Hendo language, Hunde language, Hungana language, Indubil, Kabwari language, Kaliko language, Kango language (Bas-Uele District), Kaonde language, Kari language, Kebwe language, Kele language (Congo), Kirundi, Kituba language, Kongo language, Konjo, Kwese language, Lele language (Bantu), Lendu language, Lika language, Lingala language, Logo language, Loki language, Lombo language, Losengo language, Luba-Kasai language, Lugbara language, Luna language, Lunda language, Lwalu language, Mangbetu language, Mangbutu language, Mayogo language, Mbaka language, Mbala language, Mbandja language, Mbangala language, Mbo language (Congo), Mfinu language, Mongo language, Mono language (Congo), Moru-Madi languages, Mpuono language, Nande language, Ndaka language, Ndolo language, Ndunga language, Ngbaka Gbaya language, Ngbee language, Ngbinda language, Ngbundu language, Ngelima language, Ngombe language (Congo), Ngom language, Nilotic languages, Nkutu language, Ntomba-Bolia language, Nyali language, Nyanga-li language, Nyanga language, Nzakara language, Omi language, Pagibete language, Pambia language, Pende language, Poke language, Ruund language, Rwanda-Rundi, Sakata language, Salampasu language, Sanga language (Bantu), Sango language, Sengele language, Shi language, Sonde language, Songe language, South Banda language, Suku language, Swahili language, Taabwa language, Tagbo language, Talinga language, Tembo (Kitembo) language, Tembo language (Motembo), Tetela language, Tiene language, Vanuma language, Wongo language, Yaka language, Yangere language, Yansi language, Yazi language, Zande language, Zimba language. Excerpt: French ( ( listen) or ) is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the province of Quebec and the Acadia region in Canada, the north of the U.S. state of Maine, the Acadiana region of the U.S. state of Louisiana, and by various communities elsewhere. Other speakers of French, who often speak it as a second language, are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of whom reside in Francophone Africa. In Africa, French is most commonly spoken in Gabon (where 80% report fluency), Mauritius (78%), Algeria (75%), Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire (70%). French is estimated as having 110 million native speakers and 190 million more second language speakers. French is a descendant of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, as are languages such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; Romanian, Lombard, Catalan, Sicilian and Sardinian. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oil-languages historically spoken in northern France and Belgium, which French has largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Roman Gaul, and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian. It is an official language in 29 countries, most of which form la francophonie (in French), the community of French-speaking countries. It is an official language of all United Nations agencies and a large number of international...
