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  2. Phonological history of French - Wikipedia

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    A profound change in very late spoken Latin (Vulgar Latin, the forerunner of all the Romance languages) was the restructuring of the vowel system of Classical Latin.Latin had thirteen distinct vowels: ten pure vowels (long and short versions of a, e, i, o, u ), and three diphthongs ( ae, oe, au ). [2]

  3. French language in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The French language is spoken as a minority language in the United States.Roughly 2.1 million Americans over the age of five reported speaking the language at home in a federal 2010 estimate, [1] [2] making French the fourth most-spoken language in the nation behind English, Spanish, and Chinese (when Louisiana French, Haitian Creole and all other French dialects and French-derived creoles are ...

  4. List of French loanwords in Persian - Wikipedia

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    a contraction of the French word cosmétique, used to refer to lipstick in Persian. côtelette کتلت kotlet cutlet coupé کوپه kupe coupé coup d'état کودتا kudeta coup, putsch, golpe coupon کوپن kupon coupon courant d'air کوران kurân air draft course کورس kurs race cravate کراوات kerâvât tie crème کرم krem

  5. Geographical distribution of French speakers - Wikipedia

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    The French language became an international language, the second international language alongside Latin, in the Middle Ages, "from the fourteenth century onwards".It was not by virtue of the power of the Kingdom of France: '"... until the end of the fifteenth century, the French of the chancellery spread as a political and literary language because the French court was the model of chivalric ...

  6. University of Groningen - Wikipedia

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    The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; [7] Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.

  7. Canadian French - Wikipedia

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    Canadian French; Français canadien: Pronunciation [fʁãˈsɛ kanaˈd͡zjɛ̃]: Native to: Canada (primarily Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia, but present throughout the country); smaller numbers in emigrant communities in New England (especially Maine and Vermont), United States

  8. Green computing - Wikipedia

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    Green computing, green IT (Information Technology), or ICT sustainability, is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or IT.. The goals of green computing include optimising energy efficiency during the product's lifecycle; leveraging greener energy sources to power the product and its network; improving the reusability, maintainability, and repairability of the product ...

  9. British degree abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    For historical reasons some universities (the ancient universities of England and Scotland) do not fully adhere to the Framework (particularly with respect to the title of Master of Arts), and degrees in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine are titled as bachelor's degrees despite being at master's level.