Language policy in France
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France has one official language, the French language. The French government does not regulate the choice of language in publications by individuals, but the use of French is required by law in commer
French / Occitan bilingual signs in Limousin
"Speak French, Be Clean", written on the wall of the Ayguatébia-Talau school
This roadsign in Corsica has had the non-Corsican placenames defaced by FLNC supporters.
Langues d'oïl
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The langues d'oïl are a dialect continuum that includes standard French and its closest relatives historically spoken in the northern half of France, southern Belgium, and the Channel Islands. They be
Language policy in France
…assumption of Congress for the adoption of the constitutional reform which would have given the value and legitimacy to regional languages. The non-French Oïl languages and Franco-Provençal are highly endangered; because of their similarity to standard French, their speakers conformed first in phonology, and then…
The Oïl languages have literary traditions, as for example seen in this 19th-century collection of Jèrriais short stories
Bilingual street sign for market square in French and Walloon
Signage in Gallo in the metro of Rennes