Editing French language (section)

==== United States ====
[[File:French in the United States.png|thumb|French language spread in the United States. Counties marked in lighter pink are those where 6–12% of the population speaks French at home; medium pink, 12–18%; darker pink, over 18%. [[French-based creole languages]] are not included.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]] (2011), French is the fourth<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language Use in the United States: 2011, American Community Survey Reports, Camille Ryan, Issued August 2013 |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205101044/http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2016 |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> most spoken language in the United States after English, Spanish, and Chinese, when all forms of French are considered together and all dialects of Chinese are similarly combined. French is the second-most spoken language (after English) in the states of [[Maine]] and [[New Hampshire]]. In [[Louisiana]], it is tied with Spanish for second-most spoken if Louisiana French and all creoles such as Haitian are included. French is the third most spoken language (after English and Spanish) in the states of [[Connecticut]], [[Rhode Island]], and [[New Hampshire]].<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov">{{Cite web |title=Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over : Universe: Population 5 years and over: 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates?? |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_B16001&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212054904/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_B16001&prodType=table |archive-date=2020-02-12 |access-date=2015-03-14 |publisher=Factfinder2.census.gov}}</ref> Louisiana is home to many distinct French dialects, collectively known as [[Louisiana French]]. [[New England French]], essentially a variant of [[Canadian French]], is spoken in parts of [[New England]]. [[Missouri French]] was historically spoken in [[Missouri]] and [[Illinois]] (formerly known as [[Upper Louisiana]]), but is nearly extinct today.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ammon |first1=Ulrich |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=geh261xgI8sC |title=Status and Function of Languages and Language Varieties |last2=International Sociological Association |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-89925-356-5 |pages=306–08 |access-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918104854/https://books.google.com/books?id=geh261xgI8sC |archive-date=18 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> French also survived in isolated pockets along the [[Gulf Coast]] of what was previously French [[Lower Louisiana]], such as [[Mon Louis Island]], Alabama and [[DeLisle, Mississippi]] (the latter only being discovered by linguists in the 1990s) but these varieties are severely endangered or presumed extinct.