Anthem and Language
The national anthem of France is La Marseillaise. This song is written by the one and only Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle. After France declared war on Austria on April 20, 1792, P.F. Dietrich, the mayor of Strasbourg (where Rouget de Lisle was then quartered), expressed the need for a marching song for the French troops. “La Marseillaise” was Rouget de Lisle’s response to this call.
The French Language
French is spoken as a mother language by 72,000,000 people and as a second language by some other 52,000,000. It is one of the five official languages of the United Nations. The history of France came from Vulgar Latin.