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  2. Geographical distribution of French speakers - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong. The French Consulate estimated there are 8,000 Native French speakers in Hong Kong, of which approximately 6,000 are French citizens. Moreover, 50,000 people is estimated to occasionally practice French, while 2% of Hong Kong's total population of 7 million have studied the language.

  3. List of countries and territories where French is an official ...

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    List of countries where French is the only official language: Benin. Congo, Democratic Republic of. Congo, Republic of. France (Metropolitan and Overseas France) Gabon. Guinea. Ivory Coast. Monaco.

  4. Francophonie - Wikipedia

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    50%+ francophone. The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus [1] in 1880 and became important as part of the conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography in the late 20th century.

  5. Member states of the Organisation internationale de la ...

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    Albania is home to 300,000 French speakers, and it is the second foreign language of education after English. Formerly part of First French Empire. The President of France is also a Co-Prince of Andorra. French is the native language of about 39% of the population [5] 48% are non-native speakers of French. [6]

  6. African French - Wikipedia

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    A man from Labé, Guinea, speaking Pular and West African French. African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 167 million people in Africa in 2023 or 51% of the French-speaking population of the world [4] [5] [6] spread across 34 countries and territories.

  7. Afro-Romanians - Wikipedia

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    Afro-Romanian populations are mostly concentrated in major cities of Romania. [1] Africans have been immigrating to Romania since the Communist Era. [2] The majority of African-Romanians are of mixed ancestry, usually being the children of a Romanian parent and an African student who came to Romania.

  8. Ursari - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Ursari (generally read as "bear leaders" or "bear handlers"; from the Romanian: urs, meaning "bear"; singular: ursar; Bulgarian: урсари, ursari) or Richinara are the traditionally nomadic occupational group of animal trainers among the Romani people. An endogamous category originally drawing the bulk of its income from busking ...

  9. Languages of Romania - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic composition of Romania. Localities with a Hungarian majority or plurality are shown in dark green. After the fall of Romania's communist government in 1989, the various minority languages have received more rights, and Romania currently has extensive laws relating to the rights of minorities to use their own language in local administration and the judicial system.