Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
Definition
- French ( 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, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of which reside in Francophone Africa. In Africa, French is most commonly spoken in Gabon (where 80% report fluency) and 110 million native speakers and 190 million second language speakers. French is the second-most studied foreign language in the world, after English.
Entry terms
- French language
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- fre
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- fra
ISO 639-1 code
- fr
ISO 639-3 code
- fra
In other languages
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Bahsa Peurancih
Achinese
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French
Afar
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Frans
Afrikaans
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Kɨ̀fàlàŋsi
Aghem
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Frɛnkye
Akan
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Frengjisht
Albanian
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Gjuha frënge
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ፈረንሳይኛ
Amharic
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الفرنسية
Arabic
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لغة فرنسية
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Idioma francés
Aragonese
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Ֆրանսերեն
Armenian
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Francês
Arpitan
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francés
Asturian
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Francés
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Kifarantha
Asu
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Француз мацӀ
Avaric
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Phransiya aru
Aymara
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франсызҹа
Azerbaijani
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ripɛrɛsǝ́
Bafia
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tubabukan
Bambara
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Faransekan
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ফরাসি
Bangla
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ফরাসি ভাষা
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Bahasa Parancis
Banjar
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Hɔp u pulàsi
Basaa
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Француз теле
Bashkir
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Frantses
Basque
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frantsesa
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Franzesisch
Bavarian
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французская
Belarusian
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Французская мова
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Француская мова
Belarusian (TARASK)
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Ichi Frenchi
Bemba
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Hifaransa
Bena
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পর্তুগীজ ঠার
Bishnupriya
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ፈረንሳይኛ
Blin
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फ्रांसीसी
Bodo
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francuski
Bosnian
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Francuski jezik
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galleg
Breton
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Galleg
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френски
Bulgarian
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Френски език
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ပြင်သစ်
Burmese
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ပြင်သစ် ဘာသာ
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法國話
Cantonese
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francès
Catalan
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Francès
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Prinanses
Cebuano
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Tafṛansist
Central Atlas Tamazight
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زمانی فەڕەنسی
Central Kurdish
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Francuzhoyn mott
Chechen
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ᎦᎸᏥ
Cherokee
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Orufaransa
Chiga
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法语
Chinese
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Франкїискъ ѩꙁꙑкъ
Church Slavic
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Франци чĕлхи
Chuvash
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Franzüüsesch
Colognian
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Frenkek
Cornish
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Lingua francese
Corsican
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ᐅᐱᔥᑎᑯᔮᐅᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
Cree
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Frenk tili
Crimean Turkish
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francuski
Croatian
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Francuski jezik
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francouzština
Czech
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Francouzština
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fransk
Danish
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Fransk
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ފަރަންސޭސި
Divehi
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Frans
Dutch
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ཕྲནཅ་ཁ
Dzongkha
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لغه فرنساوى
Egyptian Arabic
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Kĩfaransa
Embu
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franca
Esperanto
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Franca lingvo
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prantsuse
Estonian
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Prantsuse keel
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fransegbe
Ewe
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Fransegbe
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Ǹkɔ́bɔ fulɛnsí
Ewondo
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Luenga francesa
Extremaduran
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franskt
Faroese
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Franskt mál
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French bhasa
Fiji Hindi
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Pranses
Filipino
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Finnish
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Ranskan kieli
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français
French
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Français
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francês
Friulian
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Lenghe francese
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Farayseere
Fulah
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Franțuz dili
Gagauz
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francés
Galician
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Lingua francesa
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法語
Gan Chinese
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Lufalansa
Ganda
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ფრანგული
Georgian
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ფრანგული ენა
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Französisch
German
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Französische Sprache
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Γαλλικά
Greek
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Γαλλική γλώσσα
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ફ્રેન્ચ
Gujarati
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Kifaransa
Gusii
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Lang franse
Haitian Creole
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Fap-ngî
Hakka Chinese
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Faransanci
Hausa
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Palani
Hawaiian
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‘Ōlelo Palani
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צרפתית
Hebrew
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फ्रेंच
Hindi
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फ़्रान्सीसी भाषा
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francia
Hungarian
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Francia nyelv
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franska
Icelandic
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Franska
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Franciana linguo
Ido
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Fụrench
Igbo
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Pagsasao a Pransés
Iloko
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Prancis
Indonesian
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Bahasa Perancis
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francese
Interlingua
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Lingua francese
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ᐅᐃᒍᐃᕐᒥᐅᖅ
Inuktitut
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Fraincis
Irish
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An Fhraincis
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francese
Italian
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Lingua francese
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フランス語
Japanese
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Basa Prancis
Javanese
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franse
Jola-Fonyi
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Фрэнджыбзэ
Kabardian
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franses
Kabuverdianu
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Tafransist
Kabyle
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numbu buy
Kako
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franskisut
Kalaallisut
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Franskisut
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kutitab Kifaransa
Kalenjin
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Пранцсин келн
Kalmyk
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Kifaransa
Kamba
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ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್
Kannada
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ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಭಾಷೆ
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Француз тил
Karachay-Balkar
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فریٚنچ
Kashmiri
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француз тілі
Kazakh
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Француз тілі
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បារាំង
Khmer
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ភាសាបារាំង
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Kĩbaranja
Kikuyu
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Igifaransa
Kinyarwanda
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Франс кыв
Komi
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Франсуз кыв
Komi-Permyak
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Kifalanse
Kongo
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프랑스어
Korean
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Fransee senni
Koyraboro Senni
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Fransee senni
Koyra Chiini
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Zimanê fransî
Kurdish
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Fala
Kwasio
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французча
Kyrgyz
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Француз тили
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Lingua fransesa
Ladino
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Kɨfaráansa
Langi
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ຝຣັ່ງ
Lao
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ພາສາຝະລັ່ງ
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Lingua Francogallica
Latin
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franču
Latvian
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Franču valoda
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Lengua françèise
Ligurian
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Frans
Limburgish
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Falansé
Lingala
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lifalansɛ́
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L:法蘭西語
Literary Chinese
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prancūzų
Lithuanian
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Prancūzų kalba
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fasybau
Lojban
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Lengua francesa
Lombard
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Francojska rěc
Lower Sorbian
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Frans
Low German
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Franzöösche Spraak
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Mfwàlànsa
Luba-Katanga
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Kifaransa
Luo
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Franséisch
Luxembourgish
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Kifaransa
Luyia
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француски
Macedonian
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Француски јазик
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Kyifaransa
Machame
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Ifaransa
Makhuwa-Meetto
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Chifalansa
Makonde
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Frantsay
Malagasy
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Fiteny frantsay
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Bahasa Perancis
Malay
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ഫ്രഞ്ച്
Malayalam
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ഫ്രഞ്ച് ഭാഷ
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Franċiż
Maltese
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Frangish
Manx
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Reo Wīwī
Maori
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फ्रेंच
Marathi
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फ्रेंच भाषा
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nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ faransa
Masai
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Kĩfuransi
Meru
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ფრანგული ნინა
Mingrelian
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Hoat-gí
Min Nan Chinese
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Кранцонь кяль
Moksha
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Франц хэл
Mongolian
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franse
Morisyen
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zah sǝr Franssǝ
Mundang
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Frans
Nama
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Dáághahii bizaad
Navajo
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Lengua franzese
Neapolitan
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फ्रांसेली
Nepali
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फ्रान्सेली भाषा
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फ्रेञ्च भाषा
Newari
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felaŋsée
Ngiemboon
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Fɛlánci
Ngomba
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fránskkagiella
Northern Sami
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Fránskkagiella
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Sefora
Northern Sotho
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isi-Fulentshi
North Ndebele
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Fransk
Norwegian
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fransk
Norwegian Bokmål
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fransk
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Fransk
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Fransum
Novial
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Thok pɔrɔthani
Nuer
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Orufaransa
Nyankole
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Francés
Occitan
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ଫ୍ରେଞ୍ଚ
Odia
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Frencisc sprǣc
Old English
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Afaan Faransaayii
Oromo
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францаг
Ossetic
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Францаг æвзаг
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Frances
Papiamento
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فرانسوي
Pashto
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فرانسوي ژبه
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فرانسوی
Persian
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زبان فرانسوی
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Frinsé
Picard
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Lenga fransèisa
Piedmontese
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francuski
Polish
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Język francuski
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francês
Portuguese
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Língua francesa
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ਫਰੈਂਚ
Punjabi
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ਫਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
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Ransis simi
Quechua
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franceză
Romanian
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Limba franceză
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franzos
Romansh
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Lingua franzosa
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Kyifaransa
Rombo
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Igifaransa
Rundi
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французский
Russian
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Французский язык
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Французькый язык
Rusyn
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Kyifaransa
Rwa
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Пырансуустуу
Sakha
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Француз тыла
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Kifaransa
Samburu
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Fa'afarani
Samoan
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Farânzi
Sango
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Ishifalansa
Sangu
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फ्रांसीसी भाषा
Sanskrit
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Limba frantzesa
Sardinian
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Frantsöösk
Saterland Frisian
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French leid
Scots
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Fraingis
Scottish Gaelic
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francês
Sena
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Француски
Serbian
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Француски језик
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Francuski jezik
Serbo-Croatian
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Kifalansa
Shambala
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chiFurenchi
Shona
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ꃔꇩꉙ
Sichuan Yi
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Lingua francisa
Sicilian
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Francusko godka
Silesian
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ප්රංශ
Sinhala
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francúzština
Slovak
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Francúzština
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francoščina
Slovenian
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Francoščina
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Olufalansa
Soga
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Faransiis
Somali
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Af-Faransiis
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Se-french
Southern Sotho
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francés
Spanish
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Idioma francés
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Basa Perancis
Sundanese
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Kifaransa
Swahili
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SíFulentji
Swati
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Swedish
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Franska
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Französisch
Swiss German
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Französische Sprache
Swiss German (France)
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tafransist
Tachelhit
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Wikang Pranses
Tagalog
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Reo farāni
Tahitian
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Kifaransa
Taita
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Фаронсавӣ
Tajik
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Забони фаронсавӣ
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பிரெஞ்சு
Tamil
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பிரெஞ்சு மொழி
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Fransee senni
Tasawaq
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Француз теле
Tatar
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ఫ్రెంచ్
Telugu
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ఫ్రెంచి భాష
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Kifaransa
Teso
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Lia-fransés
Tetum
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ฝรั่งเศส
Thai
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ภาษาฝรั่งเศส
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ཧྥ་རན་སིའི་།
Tibetan
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ཧྥ་རན་སིའི་སྐད།
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ፈረንሳይኛ
Tigre
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ፈረንሳይኛ
Tigrinya
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Tok Frens
Tok Pisin
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lea fakafalanisē
Tongan
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Xi Furwa
Tsonga
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Se Fora
Tswana
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Fransızca
Turkish
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Fransuz dili
Turkmen
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Француз кыл
Udmurt
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французька
Ukrainian
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Французька мова
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Francošćina
Upper Sorbian
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فرانسیسی
Urdu
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فرانسیسی زبان
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فرانسۇز تىلى
Uyghur
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Fransuz tili
Uzbek
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Fɛŋsi
Vai
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Łéngua fransexe
Venetian
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Tiếng Pháp
Vietnamese
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Prantsusõ kiil
Võro
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Kyifaransa
Vunjo
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Francès
Walloon
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Wälš
Walser
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Frinanses
Waray
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Ffrangeg
Welsh
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Frânsk
Western Frisian
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Frans
West Flemish
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ፈረንሳይኛ
Wolaytta
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Wu-faraas
Wolof
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法文
Wu Chinese
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Isi-French
Xhosa
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feleŋsí
Yangben
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פראנצויזיש
Yiddish
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Èdè Faransé
Yoruba
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Fransee senni
Zarma
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Vah Fazgoz
Zhuang
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isiFulentshi
Zulu