Claim: In the French Republic, the Italian language is spoken.
Evidence: Italian is spoken by small minorities in places such as France -LRB- especially in Corsica -RRB- , Montenegro , Crimea and Tunisia and by large expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.
France -LRB- -LSB- fʁɑ̃s -RSB- -RRB- , officially the French Republic -LRB- -LSB- ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz -RSB- -RRB- , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories.