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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 Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to the Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [3] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [4]) is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language, where a significant proportion ...
Former Belgian UN-protectorate. In 2009, became a member of the Commonwealth, but remains a member within Francophonie. Former French and British colony. Antillean Creole, a French-based creole language, is spoken by 90% of the population. French is the native language of about 20% of all Swiss.
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.
Breton flags. Corsican flags. Flags of Île-de-France. Occitan flags. Flags of Pays de la Loire. Presidential standards. Former French Empire. Le Tricolore, the national flag of France. This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by France, French Overseas Collectivites, the Sui Generis Collectivity and the ...
The flag of the African Union is a green flag with the dark green map of the African continent on a white sun, surrounded by a circle of 55 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars. 1945–present. Flag of the Arab League. The flag of the Arab League is two olive branches and 22 chain-links encircling a crescent and the name of the organisation (in Arabic ...
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.
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.