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What Language Do They Speak in France?
The official language of France is French. In total about 22 living languages are spoken there, the most common being French (97%), English (39%) and Spanish (13%).
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Official language
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Living languages · #65
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Regional official languages
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Endangered languages
Official languages of France
Most spoken languages in France
French Official
97%39%
13%
5%
2%
Picard
1%0.91%
Breton
0.83%Corsican
0.24%Hmong Njua
0.19%Share of the population who speak the language (first or second language).
Languages commonly listed for France
Languages of neighbouring countries
All languages of France (22)
| Language | Speakers here | Family | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 66,323,362 · 97% | Indo-European | Official |
| English | 26,666,094 · 39% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Spanish | 8,888,698 · 13% | Indo-European | Safe |
| German | 3,418,730 · 5% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Occitan (post 1500) | 2,051,238 · 3% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Italian | 1,162,368 · 2% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Portuguese | 888,869 · 1% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Picard | 752,120 · 1% | Indo-European | Threatened |
| Swiss German | 622,208 · 0.91% | Indo-European | Threatened |
| Breton | 567,509 · 0.83% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Corsican | 164,099 · 0.24% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Hmong Njua | 129,911 · 0.19% | Hmong-Mien | Safe |
| Catalan | 116,236 · 0.17% | Indo-European | Threatened |
| Dutch | 88,886 · 0.13% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Basque | 88,886 · 0.13% | — | Threatened |
| Arpitan | 64,272 · 0.09% | Indo-European | Vulnerable |
| Hmong Daw | 10,256 · 0.02% | Hmong-Mien | Safe |
| Erromintxela | 500 · 0% | Speech Register | Moribund |
| Interlingua (IALA) | 136 · 0% | Artificial Language | — |
| Jèrriais | — | — | — |
| Sinte Romani | — | Indo-European | Safe |
| Yeniche | — | Mixed Language | Vulnerable |
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Frequently asked questions
What language do they speak in France?
The official language of France is French. In total about 22 living languages are spoken there, the most common being French (97%), English (39%) and Spanish (13%).
What is the official language of France?
French.
Is English spoken in France?
About 39% of people in France speak English (27 million).
How many languages are spoken in France?
About 22 living languages — #65 in the world for linguistic diversity. 5 of them are endangered.
Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT).