About French

The language French was made in between the 8th and 14th centuries.

274 million people speak French fluently and 76 million people are native French speakers.

French comes from the county of France. This country is in Europe.

This language is the second language in Canada. This country is in North America.

French is the official language in Belgium, Benin, Burkina, Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central, African, Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte, d'Ivoire, Democratic, Republic, of, the, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial, Guinea, France, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Republic, of, the, Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu.

France was originally called Gual.

French is a Romance language.

About 45% of modern English words are from French.