The French language (French: francais, français pronounced) frahnseh is A romance language that was first spoken In, France, Belgium, Luxembourg quebec And. Switzerland about 220 million people Speak french as a native or a second. languagehey both mean language of yes, because oc was the word for yes in the south, and oil oïl meant yes in the. North, today the word for yes In french is, oui pronounced like. we