Languages of France

84 languages of the index are spoken in France; 1 has official status (French). The country has about 68.6 m inhabitants (2025).

84 languages43 endangered or dormantEuropeISO FR / FRA

Official languages

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · International

All languages spoken in France

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
fraFrenchfrançais	`fra`	Indo-European	+41	285.4 m	0 · International
deuGermanDeutsch	`deu`	Indo-European	+9	135 m	1 · National
nldDutchNederlands	`nld`	Indo-European	+6	23.1 m	1 · National
swaSwahiliKiswahili	`swa`	Niger–Congo	+10	15.4 m
gswAlemannicAlemannisch	`gsw`	Indo-European	+4	10 m	5 · Developing
catCatalancatalà	`cat`	Indo-European	+1	10 m	2 · Provincial
hyeArmenianհայերեն	`hye`	Indo-European	+20	6.7 m	1 · National
vlsWest FlemishWest-Vlams	`vls`	Indo-European		1.4 m	6b · Threatened
yidYiddishיידיש	`yid`	Indo-European	+26	1 m	Definitely endangered
pflPalatinate GermanPälzisch	`pfl`	Indo-European		1 m	6a · Vigorous
iumIu Mien	`ium`	Hmong–Mien	+4	820,000	5 · Developing
eusBasqueEuskara	`eus`	Paleo-European languages		750,000	2 · Provincial
pcdPicardpicard	`pcd`	Indo-European		700,000	8b · Nearly Extinct
wlnWalloonwalon	`wln`	Indo-European		600,000	6b · Threatened
rcfReunionese Creole	`rcf`	French-based creole languages		600,000	6a · Vigorous
rmyVlax RomaniRomani	`rmy`	Indo-European	+23	538,480	6b · Threatened
lijLigurianLengoa ligure	`lij`	Indo-European		500,000	5 · Developing
ltzLuxembourgishLëtzebuergesch	`ltz`	—	+1	470,200	4 · Educational
prvProvençalprovençau	`prv`	—		354,500	Definitely endangered
gcrGuianan CreoleKriyòl Gwiyannen	`gcr`	French-based creole languages		300,000	6a · Vigorous
fslFrench Sign Languagelangue des signes française	`fsl`	—		283,000	5 · Developing
gscGascongascon	`gsc`	Indo-European		250,000	Definitely endangered
frpFranco-Provençalarpetan	`frp`	Indo-European		227,000	8b · Nearly Extinct
cosCorsicancorsu	`cos`	Indo-European		151,000	4 · Educational
breBretonbrezhoneg	`bre`	Indo-European		107,000	7 · Shifting
srmSaramaccanSaamáka	`srm`	Dutch-based creole languages		90,000	5 · Developing
auvAuvergnatAuvernhat	`auv`	Indo-European		80,000	Severely endangered
tahTahitianreo tahiti	`tah`	Austronesian		68,000	1 · National
ociOccitan	`oci`	Indo-European	+1	30,000	6b · Threatened
yecYenish	`yec`	Indo-European	+1	16,000	6a · Vigorous
dhvDrehu	`dhv`	Austronesian		15,949	4 · Educational
swbMaore	`swb`	Niger–Congo		15,200	5 · Developing
pmtTuamotuan	`pmt`	Austronesian		15,000	6b · Threatened
autAustral	`aut`	Austronesian		12,000	7 · Shifting
bisBislama	`bis`	—		10,000	1 · National
lmsLimousinLemosin	`lms`	—		10,000	Severely endangered
carCarib	`car`	Cariban	+2	10,000	6b · Threatened
nenNengone	`nen`	Austronesian		8,700	5 · Developing
mrqNorth Marquesanèo ènana	`mrq`	Austronesian		6,000	7 · Shifting
ajiAjië	`aji`	Austronesian		5,400	5 · Developing
lncLanguedocianLengadocian	`lnc`	—		5,000	Severely endangered
arwArawakLokono	`arw`	—	+1	2,500	8a · Moribund
uveWest Uvean	`uve`	Austronesian		2,200	6b · Threatened
wayWayana	`way`	Cariban		1,700	5 · Developing
emeEmerillon	`eme`	Tupian		400	6a · Vigorous
wlsWallisianLea faka'uvea	`wls`	Austronesian			5 · Developing
mrvMangareva	`mrv`	Austronesian			7 · Shifting
zrpZarphatic	`zrp`	Indo-European
fudFutunan	`fud`	Austronesian			5 · Developing
odtOld Dutch	`odt`	Indo-European
rayRapa	`ray`	Austronesian			7 · Shifting
emxErromintxela	`emx`	Indo-European			8a · Moribund
bucBushi	`buc`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
cksTayo	`cks`	French-based creole languages			7 · Shifting
iaiIaai	`iai`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
pluPalikúr	`plu`	—			5 · Developing
aneXârâcùù	`ane`	Austronesian			6a · Vigorous
camCèmuhî	`cam`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
priPaicî	`pri`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
bszSouletinZuberera	`bsz`	Paleo-European languages
gcfGuadeloupean Creole	`gcf`	Antillean Creole			6a · Vigorous
popPwapwâ	`pop`	Austronesian			8b · Nearly Extinct
aqrArhâ	`aqr`	Austronesian			8a · Moribund
hvkHaveke	`hvk`	—			7 · Shifting
oymWayampi	`oym`	Tupian			5 · Developing
sihZire	`sih`	Austronesian			9 · Dormant
fwaFwâi	`fwa`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
nemNemi	`nem`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
pizPije	`piz`	Austronesian			8a · Moribund
aokArhö	`aok`	Austronesian			8b · Nearly Extinct
dufNdrumbea	`duf`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
cirTîrî	`cir`	—			7 · Shifting
axxXârâgurè	`axx`	Austronesian			7 · Shifting
nekNeku	`nek`	Austronesian			8a · Moribund
msqCaac	`msq`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
ylyNyâlayu	`yly`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
jazJawe	`jaz`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
kdkNumèè	`kdk`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
neeKumak	`nee`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
pmePwaamei	`pme`	Austronesian			7 · Shifting
bpkOrowe	`bpk`	Austronesian			7 · Shifting
nuaYuanga	`nua`	Austronesian			6b · Threatened
jasNew Caledonian Javanese	`jas`	Austronesian			7 · Shifting
mqmSouth Marquesanèo ènata	`mqm`	Austronesian			7 · Shifting

84 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata