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Langue Française - Wikipedia, L'encyclopédie Libre Page 1 Sur 21 Langue française - Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre Page 1 sur 21 Langue française De Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre Le Français (français, prononcés Français [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) est une langue romane à Français l'origine parlée en France, en Prononciation : /f ʁɑ̃sɛ/ Belgique, au Luxembourg, et en Suisse, et aujourd'hui par environ 300 Parlé dans : Énuméré dans l'article millions de personnes autour du Région : L'Afrique, l'Europe, Amériques, Pacifique, régions monde comme indigène ou deuxième d'isolement de l'Asie langue, [1] avec les populations Haut-parleurs Indigène : 65 [17] - 109 [18] millions significatives dans 54 pays. totaux : Total : évaluations de 115 millions à 500 millions [19] [20] [21] [22] le français est descendu du latin de l'empire romain, de même que des Rang : 18 (indigène), total : 3 à 7 langues telles qu'espagnol, italien, Famille de Indo-européen catalan, roumain, et Portugais. Son langue : Italique développement a été également Roman Italo-Occidental influencé par les langues celtiques Occidental indigènes de Gaulois romain et par la Gallo-Ibérien langue germanique des envahisseurs Gallo-Roman franques poteau-Romains. Gallo-Rhaetian Oïl C'est une langue officielle dans 29 Français pays, les la plupart dont la forme ce Statut officiel qui s'appelle en La française Langue 29 pays Francophonie, la communauté des officielle de : Organismes internationaux nombreux nations de langue française. C'est une Réglé par : Le française de québécois de la langue d'Office de langue officielle ou administrative de française d'Académie (France) (Québec, Canada) l'union africaine, l'union de annonce Conseil versent en Louisiane (Louisiane) de français de le développement du européenne, ESA, l'union européenne, le Conseil de l'Europe, Codes de langue FIA, l'International Organization for OIN 639-1 : franc Standardization, FIFA, NAFTA, OIN 639-2 : fre (b) ATF (t) FINA, IHO, le bureau international OIN 639-3 : ATF des poids et les mesures, la Cour de (http://66.249.91.104/translate_c? Justice internationale, le Comité hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- olympique international, l'association 8&langpair=en% politique internationale de la Science, 7Cfr&u=http://www.sil.org/iso639- 3/documentation.asp%3Fid% le secrétariat international pour l'eau, 3Dfra&prev=/language_tools) Interpol, l'OTAN, l'UCI, organisation des états américains, les Nations Unies et toutes ses agences (union postale universelle y compris), l'agence Anti-Enduisante du monde, et l'organisation de commerce http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=en%7Cfr&u=ht... 21/08/2007 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Langue française - Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre Page 2 sur 21 mondial. Avec l'anglais c'est la langue la plus utilisée dans la Commission européenne. Voir également la liste d'organismes internationaux qui ont le français comme langue officielle. Carte du monde francophone Bleu-foncé : De langue française ; bleu : langue/employé couramment officiels ; Bleu-clair : langue de culture ; vert : minorité http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=en%7Cfr&u=ht... 21/08/2007 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Langue française - Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre Page 3 sur 21 n 12.1.1 Audio Distribution géographique L'Europe Statut juridique en France Voir également : Loi de Toubon et langues de la France Par constitution de la France, le Français a été la langue officielle depuis 1992 [2] (bien que le texte légal précédent lui ont fait le fonctionnaire depuis 1539, voient l'ordonnance de Villers-Cotterêts). La France exige l'utilisation du Français en publications officielles de gouvernement, éducation publique en dehors de des cas spécifiques (bien que ces dispositions sont souvent ignorées) et contrats légaux ; les La connaissance du Français dans les annonces doivent soutenir une traduction pays européens des syndicats et de des mots étrangers. En France, tous les candidat, selon ; Source : [1] (http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf), sujets au sujet de l'orthographe, de la les données pour EU25, ont édité avant grammaire, du vocabulaire et de l'agrandissement 2007. l'utilisation de la langue française ont été régis par le française d'Académie depuis le mi 17ème siècle. Contraire malentendu communtous les deux dans les médias américains et britanniques, France n'interdisent pas l'utilisation des mots étrangers dans les sites Web ni en aucune autre publication privée, comme qui violerait la droite constitutionnelle de la liberté de la parole. Le malentendu peut ont résulté d'une prohibition semblable dans la province canadienne du Québec qui a fait la demande stricte de la charte de la langue française entre 1977 et 1998, bien que ces règlements aient adressé la langue utilisée dans la publicité et la fourniture de services commerciaux offerts dans la province, pas la langue de communication privée. En plus de Français, il y a également une variété de langues régionales. La France a signé la charte européenne pour des langues régionales mais ne l'a pas ratifiée depuis qui irait à l'encontre la constitution 1958. La Suisse Davantage d'information : Démographie de la Suisse Le Français est l'une des quatre langues officielles de la Suisse (avec allemand, italien, et Romansh), et est parlé dans la partie de Romandie appelé par Suisse. Le Français est la langue maternelle environ de http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=en%7Cfr&u=ht... 21/08/2007 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Langue française - Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre Page 4 sur 21 20% de tous les Suisses. La Belgique Davantage d'information : Langues de la Belgique et du Français belge En Belgique, le Français est la langue officielle de la région wallonne (à l'exclusion des cantons est, qui sont de langue allemande) et d'une des deux langues officielles - le long avec le Néerlandais de la région Bruxelles-Capitale où elle est parlée à la majorité de la population, que ce soit souvent pas en tant que langue primaire. [3] Réciproquement la langue hollandaise domine parmi la Signes bilingues à Bruxelles. main d'oeuvre en grande partie non-résidente de la ville. Les Français et l'Allemand ne sont pas des langues officielles ni des langues identifiées de minorité dans la région flamande, bien que le long des frontières avec les régions wallonnes et Bruxelles-Capitales, il y a une douzaine de municipalités avec des équipements de langue pour des Français-haut-parleurs ; une situation reflétante existe pour la région wallonne en ce qui concerne les langues hollandaises et allemandes. Dans les Français-haut-parleurs totaux et indigènes composer environ 40% de la population du pays, le 60% restant parlent néerlandais, le dernier dont réclamation de 59% pour parler français comme deuxième langue. [4] le français est ainsi connu d'un 75% environ de tous les Belges, ou comme langue maternelle, comme en second lieu, ou en tant que troisièmement langue [5]. Le Luxembourg Davantage d'information : Langues du Luxembourg French is one of the three official languages in Luxembourg, along with German and Luxembourgish. Monaco and Andorra Further information: Languages of Monaco and Languages of Andorra Boîte aux lettres avec des langues Although Monégasque is the national language of the Principality françaises et allemandes, of Monaco, French is the only official language, and French Luxembourg nationals make up some 47% of the population. Catalan is the only official language of Andorra, French is however commonly used due to the proximity to France. French nationals make up 7% of the population. Italy Further information: Languages of Italy French is also an official language, along with Italian, in the province of Aosta Valley, Italy. In addition, http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=en%7Cfr&u=ht... 21/08/2007 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Langue française - Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre Page 5 sur 21 a number of Franco-Provençal dialects are spoken in the province, although they do not have official recognition. The Channel Islands Further information: Languages of Jersey and Languages of Guernsey Although Jersey and Guernsey, the two bailiwicks collectively referred to as the Channel Islands, are separate entities, both use French to some degree, mostly in an administrative capacity. Jersey Legal French is the standardized variety used in Jersey. The Americas Legal status in Canada See Canadian French, Languages of Canada, Bilingualism in Canada About 7 million Canadians are native French-speakers, of whom 6 million live in Quebec [2] (http://66.249.91.104/translate_c? hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=en% Bilingual (English/French) stop sign on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. An example of bilingualism at the federal government level in Canada. 7Cfr&u=http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo11b.htm&prev=/language_tools), and French is one of Canada's two official languages (the other being English). Various provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms deal with Canadians' right to access services in both languages, including the right to a publicly funded education in the minority language of each province, where numbers warrant in a given locality. By law, the federal government must operate and provide services in both English and French, proceedings of the Parliament of Canada must be translated into both these languages, and most products sold in Canada must have bilingual labels. Overall, about 13% of Canadians have knowledge of French only, while 18% have knowledge of both English and French. In contrast, over 80% of the population of Quebec speaks French natively, and 95% can speak it. It has been the sole official language of Quebec since 1974.
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