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About French
- Language family
- Indo-European, Italic, Romance (Gallo-Romance)
- Where it's spoken
- France, Canada (Quebec), Belgium, Switzerland, much of West and Central Africa
- Speakers
- roughly 80 million native speakers and 300 million total
French developed from the Latin spoken in Roman Gaul, layered with Frankish (Germanic) influence, and was standardized around the Île-de-France dialect used in Paris. Colonial and diplomatic history spread it across West and Central Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of Canada, where it remains an official language today. It shares a large cognate vocabulary with the other Romance languages.
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FSI French course
Public-domain FSI French courseware — hub anchor.
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course free | A1-B1 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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Live Lingua French library
Public-domain course downloads with audio where available.
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course free | A1-B1 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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DLI GLOSS French
Search GLOSS for authentic reading/listening lessons.
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course free | B1-C1 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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Pimsleur French
Audio-first paid path — monetizes long-tail hubs.
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course paid | A1-B1 | paid | 2026-07-22 |
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FrenchPod101
Pod101-style lessons; lifetime-cookie affiliate program.
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course paid | A1-C1 | freemium | 2026-07-22 |
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italki French tutors
Speaking practice marketplace.
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tutoring | A1-C2 | paid | 2026-07-22 |
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Wikipedia French
Open reading practice by topic.
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reading | A2-C2 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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Forvo pronunciations
Native-speaker pronunciations.
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reference | A1-C2 | freemium | 2026-07-22 |
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Omniglot writing system overview
Script and orthography orientation.
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reference | A1-B1 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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TV5Monde Apprendre
Free leveled French lessons from Francophone TV.
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course free | A1-C1 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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RFI Savoirs / Journal en français facile
Slow news French from Radio France Internationale.
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listening | A2-B1 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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France 24
International news in French.
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listening | B1-C2 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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Le Monde
Major French newspaper.
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reading | B2-C2 | freemium | 2026-07-22 |
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Easy French
Street interviews with subtitles.
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youtube channel | A2-B2 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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InnerFrench
Comprehensible podcasts/videos for intermediates.
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youtube channel | B1-C1 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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News in Slow French
Slowed news with transcripts.
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listening | A2-B2 | freemium | 2026-07-22 |
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WordReference French
Dictionary + forums.
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reference | A2-C2 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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Larousse
French monolingual/bilingual reference.
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reference | B1-C2 | free | 2026-07-22 |
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Babbel French
Beginner starter path.
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course paid | A1-A2 | paid | 2026-07-22 |