French

French (français) is the third-largest of the Romance languages in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese, being spoken by about 150 million people as a mother tongue or fluently. As a Romance language, it is a daughter language of Latin, although there has been significant borrowing from Ancient Greek.

It is an official language in 30 countries.

French language. (2006, October 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:40, October 5, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French_language&oldid=79516523