French people
France has long been a patchwork of local customs and regional differences , and while most French people still speak the French language as their mother tongue , languages like Norman , Picard , Poitevin-Saintongeais , Franco-Provencal , Occitan , Catalan , Auvergnat , Corsican , Basque , French Flemish , Lorraine Franconian , Alsatian , and Breton remain spoken in their respective regions . 
<triplet> French people <subj> French language <obj> native language