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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.
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.
Country Name of animal Scientific name (Latin name) Picture Ref. Algeria Fennec fox (national animal) Vulpes zerda Argentina Rufous hornero (national bird) Furnarius rufus Antigua and Barbuda European fallow deer (national animal) Dama dama Frigate (national bird) Fregata magnificens Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) Eretmochelys imbricata Azerbaijan Karabakh horse (national horse ...
[11] [12] Currently, in Romania, most Africans are students, refugees, guest workers [13] or children from mixed-families of a Romanian parent and an African student or worker who came to Romania. [14] In 2020, asylum applicants from Somalia and Eritrea represented the 6th and 9th highest numbers among asylum applicants in Romania. [15]
The French Romani rights group FNASAT reports that at least 12,000 Balkan Romani, who have immigrated from Romania and Bulgaria, live in unofficial urban camps throughout the country. French authorities often attempt to close down these encampments. In 2009, the government sent more than 10,000 Romani back to Romania and Bulgaria. [17]
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]
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.
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.