Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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In this video, we discuss the language of France, how it developed, and then how it spread around the world.

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Music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
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Songs:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach]
Majestic Hills
Lord of the Land


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By Langues de la France1.gif: Taken from Lexilogos.com with permission from the copyright holder: "oui pour wikipedia! je vous demanderais de préciser la source en plaçant un lien vers cette page"Départements de France-simple.svg: SuperManuFile:France map Lambert-93 with regions and departments-blank.svg: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting)derivative work: Hellotheworld - Langues de la France1.gifDépartements de France-simple.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9499467

By Yann Caradec from Paris, France - Fireworks on Eiffel Tower, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27403840
By aaker (original PNG file: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New-Map-Francophone_World.PNG ) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44844704
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By TUBS - Own workThis W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Adobe Illustrator.This file was uploaded with Commonist.This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this: France adm location map.svg (by NordNordWest)., CC BY-SA 3.0 de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45549852
By Blank map of Europe.svg by maixDerivative work by Alphathon - Map: Blank map of Europe.svg by maix et al.Data:Oïl (France): Langues d'oïl Walter.svgOïl (Belgium): Languages Benelux.PNGArpitan/Franco-Provençal (France): Arpitan francoprovencal map.jpg (Also used to determine Swiss Oïl/Arpitan border.)Occitano-Romance area (France, Andorra, Spain): Lenguas y dialectos iberorromances.PNGSwitzerland: Linguistic map of Switzerland.pngItaly: Linguistic map of Italy.png, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44909464
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