The map above shows some of the minority language sin France in terms of where they are spoken, how many speakers there are and what percentage of the people living in that region are able to speak the language.
However, the map is now somewhat out of data here are the latest figures as of 2022 from Ethnologue.
| Language | Total (L1+L2) speakers in France |
|---|---|
| French | 63,900,000 |
| English | 26,436,000 |
| Spanish | 6,451,000 |
| Standard German | 4,000,000 |
| Algerian Arabic | 1,350,000 |
| Moroccan Arabic | 1,140,000 |
| Portuguese | 959,000 |
| Alsatian | 900,000 |
| Italian | 829,000 |
| Kabyle | 537,000 |
| Picard | 500,000 |
| Tunisian Arabic | 447,000 |
| Turkish | 444,000 |
| Lorraine Franconian | 400,000 |
| Breton | 206,000 |
| Lesser Antillean French Creole | 150,000 |
| Corsican | 150,000 |
| Central Atlas Tamazight | 150,000 |
| Arpitan | 150,000 |
| Catalan | 126,000 |
| Tamil | 125,000 |
| Occitan | 110,000 |
| French Sign Language | 100,000 |
| Basque | 72,000 |
| Western Armenian | 70,000 |
| Khmer | 50,000 |
Note the table above includes both native speakers of the language and how many people can speak it as a second language.
Luis BICALHO says
700.000 occitan speaker in the map and 110.000 in the list…
Brilliant Maps says
As mentioned in the article the map uses some outdated figures and the ones I’ve used come from 2022. That said, it’s acctually really diffiuclt to figure out the exact number of speakers of a languegs as different sources will calculate it in a different way.