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  2. Francophonie - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. File:Map-Francophone World.svg - Wikipedia

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    I had emailed the HSGF (which is a group based in Ghana) and apparently, 11 percent of people speak French in Western Togoland: 19:24, 18 December 2023: 2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB) Kwamikagami: french is still the language of govt in Mali -- consistency w USA in English map: 01:55, 28 October 2023: 2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB) Salvabl

  4. French people - Wikipedia

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    Apart from Québécois, Acadians, Cajuns, and Métis, other populations with some French ancestry outside metropolitan France include the Caldoches of New Caledonia, Louisiana Creole people of the United States, the so-called Zoreilles and Petits-blancs of various Indian Ocean islands, as well as populations of the former French colonial empire ...

  5. File:La francophonie mapa.svg - Wikipedia

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    Organisation internationale de la francophonie; Frankofonia; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Économie de la francophonie; Alliance des patronats francophones; Usage on he.wikipedia.org הארגון הבין-לאומי לפרנקופוניה; Usage on hr.wikipedia.org Frankofonija; Usage on hu.wikipedia.org Frankofónia; Usage on hy.wikipedia.org

  6. Geographical distribution of French speakers - Wikipedia

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    Population who can understand French in the EU and UK. The following figures are from a 2022 report of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). [8] No distinctions are made between native speakers of French and those who learnt it as a foreign language, between different levels of mastery or how often the language is used in daily life. [9]

  7. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...

  8. List of cartographers - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Bradley's U.S. postal route map of 1804 Moule's map of the hundreds of Monmouthshire, c. 1831 A 1912 map of the Russian Empire by Yuly Shokalsky Robert Aitken of Beith. born c. 1786 Carlo de Candia (1803–1862), Italian cartographer, created the large maritime map of Sardinia in 1: 250,000 scale, travel version.

  9. History of French - Wikipedia

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    In the 3rd century, Western Europe started to be invaded by Germanic tribes from the north and the east, and some of the groups settled in Gaul.In the history of the French language, the most important groups are the Franks in much of northern France, the Alemanni in the modern German/French border area (), the Burgundians in the Rhône (and the Saone) Valley, the Suebi in the Spanish ...