France

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Official Name
French Republic
Population Full

67,075,000 (2020 census)

Principal Languages
French
Literacy Rate
99% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CDE (1961), CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2006), ICCPR (1980), UNCRPD (2010), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Salminen 2007, Stephens 1976
Deaf Population
Approx. 4,000,000 (1998 D. Gillot)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for France is 26. Of these, 25 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 15 are indigenous and 10 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional, 10 are developing, 2 are vigorous, 4 are in trouble, and 7 are dying. Also listed are 22 unestablished languages.