Editing Language policy in France (section)

{{Short description|French as the sole official language}}
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[[Image:Signalisationbilinguelimousin.jpg|thumb|French / [[Occitan language|Occitan]] bilingual signs in [[Limousin (region)|Limousin]]]]
[[France]] has one [[official language]], the [[French language]]. The [[French government]] does not regulate the choice of language in publications by individuals, but the use of French is required by law in commercial and workplace communications. In addition to mandating the use of French in the territory of the Republic, the French government tries to promote French in the [[European Union]] and globally through institutions such as [[La Francophonie]]. The perceived threat from [[Anglicization]] has prompted efforts to safeguard the position of the French language in France.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Besides French, there exist many other vernacular minority [[languages of France]], both in [[European France]], in [[Overseas France]], and in French [[overseas territories]]. These languages are recognized by article 75-1 of the [[Constitution of France|French constitution]].<ref name="regionsqu">Article 75-1: (a new article): "Les langues régionales appartiennent au patrimoine de la France" ("Regional languages belong to the patrimony of France"). See [[:fr:Loi constitutionnelle du 23 juillet 2008|Loi constitutionnelle du 23 juillet 2008]].</ref> The 1999 report<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.vie-publique.fr/rapport/24941-les-langues-de-france-rapport-au-ministre-de-leducation-nationale-de |title=Les langues de France: Rapport au ministre de l'éducation nationale, de la recherche et de la technologie et à la ministre de la culture et de la communication |last=Cerquiglini |first=Bernard |date=April 1999 |language=fr}}</ref> written for the French government by [[Bernard Cerquiglini]] identified 75 languages (including just [[#Endangered_languages|eight]] in continental France proper) that would qualify for recognition were the government to ratify the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]] (currently signed but not ratified).