French people
The French people , especially the native speakers of langues d'oil from northern and central France , are primarily the descendants of Gauls ( including the Belgae ) and Romans ( or Gallo-Romans , western European Celtic and Italic peoples ) , as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks , the Visigoths , the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire . 
<triplet> Belgae <subj> Gauls <obj> subclass of <subj> Germanic peoples <obj> subclass of