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The Francophonie flag flying at the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa. French is an official language, mostly in conjunction with English, of 36 international organisations. These include: Francophonie; United Nations; International Olympic Committee; European Union; African Union; NATO; World Trade Organization; Council of Europe
The French language became an international language, the second international language alongside Latin, in the Middle Ages, "from the fourteenth century onwards".It was not by virtue of the power of the Kingdom of France: '"... until the end of the fifteenth century, the French of the chancellery spread as a political and literary language because the French court was the model of chivalric ...
This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
The term francophonie was invented by Onésime Reclus in 1880: "We also put aside four large countries, Senegal, Gabon, Cochinchina and Cambodia, whose future from a "Francophone" point of view is still very doubtful, except perhaps for Senegal" (in French « Nous mettons aussi de côté quatre grands pays, le Sénégal, le Gabon, la Cochinchine, le Cambodge dont l’avenir au point de vue ...
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 320 million people in Africa in 2023 or 67% of the French-speaking population of the world [1] [2] [3] spread across 34 countries and territories.
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The Warriors guard hit four 3-pointers in the final 2:47 of the gold medal game to help lead the United States to a 98-87 victory over France at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Editors travel to major global events, such as E3, Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom, Paris Games Week or IDEF to meet development teams and follow games throughout their life cycle, from development to commercialization. Jeuxvideo.com is the most popular French-speaking video game news site.