The Académie Française, the ancient body meant to protect the French language, has just released an astoundingly regressive document. On Oct. 26, it made a statement on "so-called inclusive language," ...

France has officially introduced stricter language and civic requirements for foreigners planning to live long-term or apply ...

The rate of French language use has fallen in Quebec and almost all of Canada. The Canadian government’s latest figures, published Wednesday, show that the proportion of Canadians who predominantly ...

In the latest step in a long-running battle over whether to make the French language more inclusive, President Emmanuel Macron has urged its speakers "not to give in to the zeitgeist" by using ...

MONTREAL, May 27 (Reuters) - Backers of Quebec's sweeping new law to promote French usage in the Canadian province hail it as the most important measure in nearly half a century to protect the ...

This week is the Semaine de la francophonie. To mark it, RFI language services have focused on bilingual French dictionaries in their given languages and looked at how those dictionaries evolved. The ...

I doubt the bloggers and tweeters who are railing over the latest assault on French know what February 14th is. Valentine’s Day? Good try. It’s the anniversary of the Oaths of Strasbourg, the birth ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) continues its partnership with Télé-Louisiane, bringing viewers eight all-new episodes of La Veillée, a 15-minute weekly look at the happenings, ...

A French teacher in western France instructs pupils about the French national anthem 'La Marseillaise'. (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY / AFP) This French government website - which is available in English - ...