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Languages of France

Languages spoken in France.

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Language
Family
Branch
First-language (L1)speakers in France
Second-language (L2)speakers in France
Total (L1+L2)speakers in France
AlsatianIndo-EuropeanGermanic900,000
Algerian ArabicAfro-AsiaticSemitic1,350,000
Moroccan ArabicAfro-AsiaticSemitic1,140,000
Tunisian ArabicAfro-AsiaticSemitic447,000
Western ArmenianIndo-EuropeanArmenian70,000
ArpitanIndo-EuropeanRomance150,000
BasqueIsolate—N/a72,000
BretonIndo-EuropeanCeltic206,000
CatalanIndo-EuropeanRomance126,000
CorsicanIndo-EuropeanRomance150,000
EnglishIndo-EuropeanGermanic236,00026,200,00026,436,000
FrenchIndo-EuropeanRomance62,400,0001,500,00063,900,000
French Sign LanguageFrancosign—N/a100,000
Standard GermanIndo-EuropeanGermanic4,000,0004,000,000
ItalianIndo-EuropeanRomance829,000
KabyleAfro-AsiaticBerber537,000
KhmerAustroasiaticMon–Khmer50,000
Lesser Antillean French CreoleIndo-EuropeanRomance150,000
Lorraine FranconianIndo-EuropeanGermanic400,000
OccitanIndo-EuropeanRomance110,000
PicardIndo-EuropeanRomance500,000
PortugueseIndo-EuropeanRomance959,000
SpanishIndo-EuropeanRomance461,0005,990,0006,451,000
Central Atlas TamazightAfro-AsiaticBerber150,000
TamilDravidianSouthern125,000
TurkishTurkicOghuz444,000
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