What is French language?
{{Infobox language | name = French | nativename = ''français'' | pronunciation = {{IPA-fr|fʁɑ̃sɛ|}} | states = [[France]] | region = [[France]]<br>[[Canada]]<br>[[Haiti]]<br>[[Senegal]]<br>[[Niger]]<br>[[Belgium]]<br>[[Switzerland]]<br>[[Luxembourg]]<br>[[Guinea]]<br>[[Gabon]]<br>[[Togo]]<br>[[United States]]<br>[[Saint Lucia]]<br>[[Morocco]]<br>[[Chad]]<br>[[Mauritania]]<br>[[Tunisia]]<br>[[Senegal]]<br>[[Benin]]<br>[[Comoros]]<br>[[Djibouti]]<br>[[DR Congo]]<br>[[Republic of Congo]]<br>[[Cameroon]]<br>and more in the [[Francophonie]] | speakers = 300 million speakers | date = 2019 | ref = <ref name=ethnologuefrench>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/fra|title=Ethnologue: French|accessdate=23 September 2017}}</ref> | speakers2 = An estimated 300 million French speakers ([[First language|L1]] plus [[Second language|L2]]; 2019)<ref name=ethnologuefrench/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.fr/20141106/french-speakers-world-language-english|title=French language is on the up, report reveals|date=6 November 2014|publisher=}}</ref> | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Italic languages|Italic]] | fam3 = [[Romance languages|Romance]] | fam4 = [[Western Romance languages|Western Romance]] | fam5 = [[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]] | fam6 = [[Langues d'oïl|Oïl]] | dia1 = [[:fr:Français régional de Touraine|Tourangeau]] | ancestor = [[Old French]] | ancestor2 = [[Middle French]] | script = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[French alphabet]])<br />[[French Braille]] | nation = {{Collapsible list |titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|title=[[List of territorial entities where French is an official language|27 countries]]| |[[Belgium]] |[[Benin]] |[[Burkina Faso]] |[[Burundi]] |[[Cameroon]] |[[Canada]] |[[Central African Republic]] |[[Chad]] |[[Comoros]] |[[Congo]] |[[Democrati