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'''French''' (French: ''français'') is a [[Romance languages|Romance language]] of the [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language family]]. It developed from the spoken Latin used in Roman Gaul and became the main national language of [[France]]. It is also used as an official language in several other states. | '''French''' (French: ''français'') is a [[Romance languages|Romance language]] of the [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language family]]. It developed from the spoken Latin used in Roman Gaul and became the main national language of [[France]]. It is also used as an official language in several other states. | ||
French is written with the Latin alphabet. It uses several diacritics, including the acute accent, grave accent, circumflex, diaeresis, and cedilla. Its | French is written with the Latin alphabet. It uses several diacritics, including the acute accent, grave accent, circumflex, diaeresis, and cedilla. Its [[ICR 300]] short code is ''FR''. Its canonical ICR code is ''FRA'', with ''FRE'' retained as a compatibility alias. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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* [[Switzerland]] | * [[Switzerland]] | ||
* Language | * Language | ||
* [[List of | * [[List of ICR language codes]] | ||
* [[Romance languages]] | * [[Romance languages]] | ||
* Latin language | * Latin language | ||