Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p French is very common in Africa and is spoken by more than ninety million Africans. It has regional variations and is distinct from the French spoken in Europe. Through the settlement of French-speakers via colonization, French has blended with local languages (such as Wolof, Kikongo, Lingala, Ciluba, and Swahili) to precipitate Creole languages. Previously, the "creolization" of French in Africa was viewed as a dangerous trend which threatened the purity of the language. Today, linguists respect and study emerging languages.. }
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- French_language_in_Africa abstract "French is very common in Africa and is spoken by more than ninety million Africans. It has regional variations and is distinct from the French spoken in Europe. Through the settlement of French-speakers via colonization, French has blended with local languages (such as Wolof, Kikongo, Lingala, Ciluba, and Swahili) to precipitate Creole languages. Previously, the "creolization" of French in Africa was viewed as a dangerous trend which threatened the purity of the language. Today, linguists respect and study emerging languages.".