French languageFrench (français or langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, French and its closest relatives—the langues d'oïl, historically spoken in northern France and southern Belgium—descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. It was influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the GermanicFrankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.
MayotteOverseas department of FrancePlace in FranceMayotte ( ; French: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: Maore, IPA:; Kibushi: Maori, IPA:), officially the Department of Mayotte (French: Département de Mayotte), is an overseasdepartment and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the overseas departments of France as well as one of the 18 regions of France, with the same status as the departments of Metropolitan France.Comorian languagesComorian (Shikomori, or Shimasiwa, the "language of islands") is a group of four Bantu languages spoken in the Comoros Islands, an archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar. It is one of the official languages of the Union of the Comoros in the Comorian constitution. One of them, Shimaore, is spoken on the disputed island of Mayotte, a French department claimed by Comoros.La Première (French TV network)La Première (French pronunciation:) (often abbreviated Outre-mer La 1re or simply La 1re) is a group of French radio and television stations operated by the state-ownedFrance Télévisions group. The stations operate in France's overseas departments and territories, carrying news, cultural, and regional language programming. HistoryThe service was first established in 1954 as the Radiodiffusion de la France Outre-Mer (RFOM).
Malayo-Polynesian languagesThe Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.Bushi languageBushi or Kibosy (Shibushi or Kibushi) is a dialect of Malagasy spoken in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. Malagasy dialects most closely related to Bushi are spoken in northwestern Madagascar in the area of Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez) and Mahajanga (Majunga), which is also the closest point in Madagascar to Mayotte. Kibosy and Majunga together are considered one of the Malagasy languages by Glottolog.
Lingua francaConcept in linguisticsFrench dictionary printed in 1830 detailing the A lingua franca (; lit.
Prestige (sociolinguistics)Prestige in sociolinguistics is the level of regard normally accorded a specific language or dialect within a speech community, relative to other languages or dialects. Prestige varieties are language or dialect families which are generally considered by a society to be the most "correct" or otherwise superior.
MadagascarAfrican island country in the Indian OceanMadagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country in the Indian Ocean that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth-largest island, the second-largest island country, and the 46th-largest country overall. Its capital and largest city is Antananarivo.
SociolinguisticsSociolinguistics is the descriptive and scientific study of how language is shaped by and used differently within any given society. The field largely looks at how a language varies between distinct social groups and under the influence of assorted cultural norms, expectations, and contexts, including how that variation plays a role in language change.
FranceCountry primarily in Western EuropeFrance, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.
BrittanyCultural area in northwestern FranceHistorical province in FranceBrittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical region and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.