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==Languages==
{{Main|Languages of France}}

French is the only official language of France, and is constitutionally required to be the language of government and administration. There is a rising cultural awareness of the [[Languages of France|regional languages]] of France, which enjoy no official status.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} These regional languages include the [[Langues d'oïl]], [[Occitan language|Occitan]], [[Franco-Provençal]], [[Corsican language|Corsican]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Basque language|Basque]], [[Breton language|Breton]], Germanic languages like [[Alsatian dialect|Alsatian]], and several languages spoken in [[Overseas France]]. Immigrant groups from former French colonies and elsewhere have also brought their own languages.