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French is a Romance language (meaning that it is descended primarily from Vulgar Latin) that specifically is classified under the Gallo-Romance languages.
The discussion of the history of a language is typically divided into "external history", describing the ethnic, political, social, technological, and other changes that affected the languages, and "internal history", describing the phonological and grammatical changes undergone by the language itself.
and some of the groups settled in Gaul. In the historyof the French language, the most important groups are the Franks in northern France, the Alemanni...
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see HistoryofFrance. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents ofFrance. HistoryofFrench foreign relations Historyof France...
The historyofFrench Guiana dates back to the period prior to European colonization. Prior to the arrival of the first Europeans, there was no written...
1100–1200 CE (the Old French period) rather than modern pronunciation. This page documents the phonological historyofFrench from a relatively technical...
a major role in French politics, economy and society since the 17th century. Print media played a significant role in the formation of popular public opinion...
of peasants) in the medieval Kingdom ofFrance, the development of the French colonial empire in the early modern period, the wide-ranging reforms of...
French Polynesia (/ˌpɒlɪˈniːʒə/ POL-in-EE-zhə; French: Polynésie française [pɔlinezi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity...
The historyofFrench wine, spans a period of at least 2600 years dating to the founding of Massalia in the 6th century BC by Phocaeans with the possibility...
empire French in Canada French in the United States French intervention in Mexico French presence in the Ohio Valley French West Indies Historyof Canada...
to the French Republic, the French people are those who are in possession ofFrench nationality. According to the French Constitution, "France shall be...
The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French...
political historyofFrance covers the historyof political movements and systems of government in the nation ofFrance, from the earliest stages of the history...
French cinema consists of the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation ofFrance or by French film production companies...
The historyofFrench foreign relations covers French diplomacy and foreign relations down to 1981. For the more recent developments, see foreign relations...
Although the historyof the French Navy goes back to the Middle Ages, its history can be said to effectively begin with Richelieu under Louis XIII. Since...
to expand French influence in Asia, Napoleon III ofFrance ordered Charles Rigault de Genouilly with 14 French gunships to attack the port of Đà Nẵng (Tourane)...
Franco-Canadians (French: Franco-Canadiens), are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in France's colony of Canada beginning...
changing the character ofFrench Judaism in the 1920s and 1930s. These new arrivals were much less interested in assimilation into French culture. Some supported...
In November 2010, French gastronomy was added by the UNESCO to its lists of the world's "intangible cultural heritage". In French medieval cuisine, banquets...
The historyof anatomy extends from the earliest examinations of sacrificial victims to the sophisticated analyses of the body performed by modern anatomists...
The French protectorate in Morocco, also known as French Morocco, was the period ofFrench colonial rule in Morocco that lasted from 1912 to 1956. The...
Quebec French is different in pronunciation and vocabulary to the Frenchof Europe and that ofFrance's Second Empire colonies in Africa and Asia. Similar...
France. The school system was modernized during the French Revolution, but roughly in the 18th and early 19th century debates ranged on the role of religion...
French Americans or Franco-Americans (French: Franco-Américains) are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full...
In French cuisine, the mother sauces (French: sauces mères), also known as grandes sauces in French, are a group of sauces upon which many other sauces –...