French Language
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Language Information
- Name
- French
- Scope
- Individual
- Type
- Living
Language Codes
| ISO 639-1 | fr |
|---|---|
| ISO 639-2B | fre |
| ISO 639-2T | fra |
| ISO 639-3 | fra |
| Glottolog | stan1290 |
| API | fr |
Countries / Territories
- Official Language
- Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Monaco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
- Minority/Regional Language
- Guernsey, Italy, Mauritania, South Sudan, Tunisia