1. French language

2. french language French in the main speaking language France.
French is very different from English.
The French language is hard to learn and understand.

3. interesting facts
Native speakers : ~150 million (2016) ; An estimated 274 million total speakers (2014)
Official language in 29 countries

4. Dialects Acadian French Louisiana French Cambodian French
Quebec French
Meridional French
South East Asian French
African French includi ng sub- branch Maghr eb French (North African French)
Canadian French
Metropolitan French
Swiss French
Cajun French
Vietnamese French
Guianese French
Missouri French
West Indian French
Haitian French
New Caledonian French
Indian French
Aostan French
Jersey Legal French
Belgian French
Newfoundlan d French
Lao French
New England French

5. Dialects

6. History
French is a Romance language (meaning that it is descended primarily from Vulgar Latin) that evolved out of the Gallo-Romance dialects spoken in northern France. The language's early forms include Old French and Middle French.

7. History
Modern French
Old French
Middle French

8. Current status and economic, cultural and institutional importance
French remains one of the most important diplomatic languages, with the language being one of the official languages of:
United Nations
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 
the European Union
NATO
Organization of American States
the International Olympic Committee
the Eurovision Song Contest
the Council of Europe
the European Space Agency 
World Trade Organization
the North American Free Trade Agreement

9. Current status and economic, cultural and institutional importance
Knowledge of French is widely considered to be a crucial skill for business owners in the United Kingdom; a 2014 study found that 50% of British managers considered French to be a valuable asset for their business, thus ranking French as the most-sought after foreign language there, ahead of German (49%) and Spanish (44%).