Franca lingvo: Malsamoj inter versioj

===Ameriko===

[[File:Arret.jpg|thumb|upright|La [[Haltŝildo|"arrêt" ŝildoj]] (franca por "halto") estas uzataj en [[Kanado]] dum la anglalingva vorto ''stop,'' kiu estas ankaŭ valida franclingva vorto, estas uzata en Francio kaj en aliaj franc-parolantaj landoj kaj regionoj.]]

 

[[File:French in the United States.png|thumb|left|French language spread in the United States. Counties marked in lighter pink are those where 6–12% of the population speaks French at home; medium pink, 12–18%; darker pink, over 18%. [[French-based creole languages]] are not included.]] According to the United States Census Bureau (2011), French is the fourth<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf|title=Language Use in the United States: 2011, American Community Survey Reports, Camille Ryan, Issued August 2013|publisher=|access-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205101044/http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> most-spoken language in the United States after [[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and [[Chinese language|Chinese]], when all forms of French are considered together and all dialects of Chinese are similarly combined. French remains the second most-spoken language in the states of [[Louisiana]], [[Maine]], [[Vermont]] and [[New Hampshire]]. Louisiana is home to many distinct dialects, collectively known as [[Louisiana French]]. According to the 2000 United States Census, there are over 194,000 people in Louisiana who speak French at home, the most of any state if [[Louisiana Creole French|Creole French]] is excluded.<ref name="factfinder.census.gov">[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=D&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP16&-ds_name=D&-_lang=en U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3] – Language Spoken at Home: 2000.</ref> [[New England French]], essentially a variant of [[Canadian French]], is spoken in parts of [[New England]]. [[Missouri French]] was historically spoken in [[Missouri]] and [[Illinois]] (formerly known as [[Upper Louisiana]]), but is nearly extinct today.<ref>{{cite book |title=Status and Function of Languages and Language Varieties |last= Ammon|first= Ulrich|authorlink= |author2=International Sociological Association|year= 1989|publisher= Walter de Gruyter|location= |isbn= 978-0-89925-356-5|pages= 306–08|url= https://books.google.com/?id=geh261xgI8sC&printsec=frontcover|accessdate=14 November 2011}}</ref> French also survived in isolated pockets along the [[Gulf Coast]] of what was previously French [[Lower Louisiana]], such as [[Mon Louis Island]], Alabama and [[DeLisle, Mississippi]] (the latter only being discovered by linguists in the 1990s) but these varieties are severely endangered or presumed extinct.