What are some interesting facts about the French language?

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French is a Romance language. ... There are around 220 million French speakers worldwide. ... French has a great number of homophones. ... About 45% of modern English words are of French origin. ...
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1 French is an official language of 29 countries. 2.French is known to be a language of Romance. 3. Several States of US and Canada speak French. 4.French has different accents in difference regions. 5.French words make upto 29% of a English Vocabulary. 6.French was not at all famous in France initially. 7.French...
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1 French is an official language of 29 countries. 2.French is known to be a language of Romance. 3. Several States of US and Canada speak French. 4.French has different accents in difference regions. 5.French words make upto 29% of a English Vocabulary. 6.French was not at all famous in France initially. 7.French has a lot of homophones. 8.Popular books and plays were written initially in French. 9.French cuisine words are used Globally. read less
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firstly its beautiful and romantic language. secondly you feel amazed to know the culture and facts of france.
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few facts i can include it has 17 tenses. the counting are more of similar like sanskrit etc
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