Why is French spoken in Belgium?

Answer 1

Once colonized by the Germans, during WW1 the British and French divided the country after the war. Four fifths of the country was assigned to the French under the League of Nations treaty. From 1919 to 1939 the French build schools , roads and industries and the working language was French.
People in Cameroon speak French because Cameroon was a French colony from 1919 until 1959.
Cameroon was a French colony, ruled by France, for many years.

Answer 2

well, many countries have owned it in the past, one of them is France. it is a common language, i think the official one is dutch though.

its also kind of like America. That's like saying why do people speak Spanish in America. once again spanish is common in America not the official language.
In Belgium live people who speake Frensh and other people who speake Dutch. The people who speake Dutch also have to learn Frensh at school.
Belgium is culturally actually divided in two. In the Flanders, people mostly speak Dutch (Flemishes) and in Bruxelles and in the south, people speak French (Wallons). The eastern area of Walonny is speaking German, but it is a minority among Belgians.

Those three languages are official.

The use of the French is historically explained by the proximity of France.

Answer 3

French is a romance language derived from Latin. Gaius Julius Caesar, a Roman (the speakers of Latin), conquered Gaul (modern day France) in the mid 1st century BCE. The region became Romanticized and it, like Spain, began speaking Latin which developed dialectical differences and eventually became a separate language, in part because of the influence of the substrate Gaulish language being spoken at the time.

Because of Germanic invasions during the decline of the Roman Empire (approximately) in the 6th century CE and onward. French was heavily influenced syntactically and borrowed vocabulary from Germanic, but prevailed. A language we identify as Old French has been attested since the 9th century CE. Thus France speaks French as a result.

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Countries recently colonised (like the USA) have their language imposed on them. In countries with a long history, languages develop. So French is a blend of the languages spoken by successive waves of invaders between 2,000 and 1,500 years ago; principally Frankish and Latin, with some of the original Celtic and Gaulish surviving.

French, if you like, is a form or modern Latin. It is a Romance language, like many of the languages of the Roman Empire. Languages previously spoken have disappeared because they had no written form.
French is a Latin-based language, with some Germanic inputs, which developed through France's history. As nobody will address his children in a foreign language, it is passed down from one generation to the next, as are other languages.

Answer 4

French is the official language in Gabon because of the French colonial authorities who established all of the currently-used governmental institutions. Additionally, around 80% of Gabonese speak French either as a native or second language, making it the most popular language in Gabon. (The most popular indigenous language is Fang with 32% of the population.)

Answer 5

Once colonized by the Germans, during WW1 the British and French divided the country after the war. Four fifths of the country was assigned to the French under the League of Nations treaty. From 1919 to 1939 the French build schools , roads and industries and the working language was French.

Answer 6

French is a Latin-based language, with some Germanic inputs, which developed through France's history. As nobody will address his children in a foreign language, it is passed down from one generation to the next, as are other languages.

Answer 7

People in Cameroon speak French because Cameroon was a French colony from 1919 until 1959.