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French language is widely known as a language of love. This popular belief has a
linguistic background, as French is the most tuneful among all other world languages. Apart
from its musical qualities, French is also one of the most widely-spoken languages of the world.
It is the official language in France and 24 other countries of the world. French is the third most
spoken language in the Romance linguistic group (the rating places it after Spanish and
Portuguese). It is used in Europe, the Pacific district, Africa, the American continent by 110
million native speakers and 65 million people who apply it as a second language.
Before the World War II broke out, French was recognized as the lingua franca,
particularly in the areas of international politics and trade. The history of this language is
connected with the Roman conquest of France that was then inhabited by the Gauls. In fact, the
French nation derives the origin of their language with these vernacular Gaelic tribes, but
actually there are only about 200 words of Gaelic etymology in the modern language (they
mostly denote the realities of nature). Vulgar Latin brought to the territory of modern France by
the Roman soldiers served as the foundation of the language. In the third century, Western
Europe was invaded by the Germanic tribes; France was invaded by the Franks. The Frank words
constitute approximately 15% of modern French vocabulary.
The principal dialects of French language are Langue d'O?l, Langue d'Oc and the
interim Franco-Provensal. Their main difference lies in the geographical distribution that
resulted in varying pronunciation rules.
French language has been fruitfully utilized by a constellation of poets and writers.
World-known are the Romantic poet Victor Hugo and the French Parnassian school of poets; the
rebel poet Arthur Rimbaud and the modernist writer Marseilles Prust. The 19th century writer
Flaubert is considered to be the best stylist of the French language. World-wide known is the
French school of structural linguistics and literary studies.
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