INTRODUCTION
French is one of the widely spoken languages in the world. This language has now became a major international communication language. It is the second most learned language after English language.
Approx. 220 million people in today's world speak French language which makes it the sixth most spoken language of the world.
France is a country located on the western edge of Europe, bordered by the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic Ocean) in the west, by the English Channel in the northwest, by the North Sea in the north.
Neighboring countries of France :
France borders Belgium and Luxembourg in the northeast, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in the east, the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco, Spain, and Andorra in the south. France also shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom.
FRENCH LANGUAGE is spoken in :
- Belgium
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chad
- the Ivory Coast,
- the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea
- France
- Haiti
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Monaco
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Switzerland
- Togo and
- Vanuatu.
FRANCOPHONIE - Refers to all the government of the countries or official bodies which have in common use of French in their work or their trade.
FRANCOPHONE - A person who speaks French. ( It is used as an adjective too, for example: francophone country - France, Belgium, Luxembourg , Cannada, Switzerland)
Why FRANCE is famous ?
FRANCE is famous for its culture and a lot of things.Some of the following are :
- Les voitures ( the cars )
- L'opera (the opera)
- La tour Eiffel (the eiffel tower)
- Le français ( the french )
- Paris
- La relovulation Français ( the french revolution)
- L'art ( the art)
- La mode ( the fashion)
- Le parfum ( the perfume)
- Le Vin (the wine)
- Le champagne
- Le formage (the cheese)
- Napaléon Bonaparte
- La monnaic (the Euro)
and many more things like The Louvre, Mont Blanc etc.
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