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 ...

French now ranks ahead of Arabic as the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, according to a report published this week ahead of Friday's international day of the French language. With 396 ...

French ranks first in the top 5 on our list of 25 most spoken languages worldwide. It is one of the most internationally significant romance languages. It is the official language of more than 25 ...