# french (language)

language used by people of a region

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language.communication  ·  Arena: english

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [language](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-language.communication), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [region](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-region.spatial)

**Through:** people of a region use words and form a language

**Novel properties:**
- vocabulary
- grammar

## Examples
- In 2023, Quebec's National Assembly passed Bill 96, reinforcing French as the sole official language of government and education. *(institutions)*
- The BBC launched a French-language radio service for Africa in 1940, broadcasting from London to support Free French forces. *(media)*
- In 1801, the Rosetta Stone was discovered, containing the same text in Greek, Demotic, and French-readable Egyptian hieroglyphs. *(archaeology)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-french.language*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-french.language.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*