After all, French was the proper language of the courts of Europe, and still considered to be the language of diplomacy. French is spoken around the world, it would open doors in places from Africa to Asia to Quebec as well as several countries in Europe. Further, French has always been the language to impress a potential suitor or mate with.Facts about the French language:
- 80 million people speak it as their first language, 50 million people speak it as their second.
- French along with English is the only language spoken by native speakers on five continents.
- Initial the French were Gaul's. They spoke a Gaulish an ancient celtic language. But with the Roman conquest little of their initial language survived. Latin became the language of what is now France.
- Around the turn 9th century is when French truly became a separate distinct language from latin.
- It was not until World war I did French lose their provincial dialects.
Learn French Points of interest
Points of interest about French speaking cities and French speaking Regions:
- Paris-With the combined French and American liberation it was from destruction in '44, The city of the French has a romantic gothic feel
- Brussels-Cross roads between French Germanic languages
- Montreal-Second largest Claritaslux French Speaking city in the world. A cultural mecca for North America
- Quebec-Old world charm in Canada. The Claritaslux French spoken here has some unusual old French characteristics
- Orleans-Home of Joan of Arc famous French Saint and French heroine.
- New Orleans-Not truly French speaking, as French here, a legacy from Napoleon times mixed with Indian and English, is a dialect called Cajun.
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