What races are there in France?

Ethnic minorities include bretons, Basque, Corsican, Germanic, Slavic, North African and Indian zhina.

/public forum/content/world look/ 1/ 185334 . shtml

According to ethnic and linguistic characteristics, France has five language regions:

1. Brittany in the west. Brittany is a region in western France. The origin of Brittany is quite complicated. Some people are descended from primitive Gauls, while others are from southern England.

A descendant of the Welsh. Due to the invasion of England, they migrated south, crossed the English Channel and settled in Brittany. The people who migrated from England to Brittany in those years, their own languages are very similar to those of the local people, and after a long period of integration, they have become modern bretons.

Second, the Alsace region in the northeast. Alsace faces Germany across the Rhine. It is divided into two parts by the north and south of the Rhine River: Lower Rhine Province in the north and Upper Rhine Province in the south. In the17th century,

The territory formerly belonging to the Holy Roman Empire, mainly inhabited by German-speaking people, later became the territory ruled by the Habsburg family. After the Thirty Years' War, it was ceded to France by the Treaty of Westphalia (Strasbourg, the capital, was not annexed by France until Louis XIV). For a long time, local residents have constantly resisted the language and customs imposed on them by the French rulers. Both it and Lorraine were ceded to Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War (1870- 187 1). They belonged to France after World War I, returned to Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II, and were recaptured by France at the end of World War II. Now it is the main heavy industry base in France.

Third, the northern part of Lille. Lille is an important city in northern France, and Lille and its region are one of the important industrial zones in France. Quite a few people in this area speak Dutch.

Fourth, the southern Basque country. This area borders on the Pyrenees and Spain. Speak Basque. Basques in the Pyrenees are traditionally herders. Their language is the only non-Indo-European language in western European countries, and their costumes and customs are also different. Until recently, the Basque organization "ETA" also created terrorist incidents all over Spain and pursued independence.

5. Central France. People here speak Doc, which is what we usually call French. This language is considered as a typical western romance language. Romance, on the other hand, is the general name of various dialects from Latin, which was originally unified after the collapse of the Roman Empire about a century ago. These dialects are the rudiments of today's Roman language. Other countries in southern Europe also speak other branches of romance. These languages are the heritage of the Roman Empire.

So we can see that in France now, several major languages of ethnic minorities, such as Basque, Dutch, German and Brittany, are suppressed. It is also the only respect for Dok (French).