BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
003 / 101French
FrançaisAt BFSU, French is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
France, Congo - Kinshasa, Cameroon
- NATIVE NAME
- Français
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Latin script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where French connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
French is spoken across 60 countries and territories.
No. 5 of 101 languages · No. 2 by territory count
Europe
14FranceGermanyItalyUnited KingdomBelgiumSwitzerlandNetherlandsRomaniaPortugalAustriaGreeceIrelandLuxembourgHungary
Middle East & North Africa
06AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaLebanonSyriaDjibouti
Sub-Saharan Africa
17Congo - KinshasaCameroonCôte d’IvoireBurundiMadagascarBurkina FasoBeninSenegalGuineaMaliCongo - BrazzavilleTogoNigerChadCentral African RepublicRwandaMauritania
The Americas
03CanadaHaitiUnited States
Oceania
02New CaledoniaVanuatu
Other areas
18GabonMauritiusRéunionEquatorial GuineaGuadeloupeMartiniqueGuinea-BissauFrench PolynesiaComorosFrench GuianaMayotteCyprusMaltaSeychellesSão Tomé & PríncipeMonacoSt. MartinWallis & Futuna
From daily conversation in France, Congo - Kinshasa, and Cameroon to education, literature and media, French carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places French within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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