French is one of the official languages of the United Nations, the European Union, and 29 other countries, including Haiti and Rwanda. Over 40% of its vocabulary has influenced the English language.

France's language policy has long placed French as the only “language of the Republic” and has ignored or even banned the use of more than 20 minority languages spoken across the country. Fast forward ...

When it comes to languages, and minority languages in particular, the vocabulary employed often arouses debate due to the political positions of and the state of relations between linguistic ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country's first ...

Europe is home to a huge range of cultures, countries and lifestyles. With 48 countries, there’s a vast range of languages spoken across the continent. The land is home to almost 750 million people, ...