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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.
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to La Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [4] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [5]) is an international organization representing where there is a notable affiliation with French language and culture.
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.
3 (English, Spanish) Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature Gland, Switzerland: Latin Union: 6 (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish) Union Latine Paris, France MSF: Médecins sans frontières Geneva, Switzerland NAFTA: 3 (English, Spanish) Accord de libre-échange nord-américain Mexico City, Ottawa and Washington, D ...
The Three Linguistic Spaces [1] (Tres Espacios Lingüísticos in Spanish, Trois Espaces linguistiques in French, Três Espaços Linguísticos in Portuguese, acronym: TEL) is a structure for cooperation between the Francophone, or French-speaking world, the Hispanophone or Spanish-speaking world, and the Lusophone, or Portuguese-speaking world.
Several initiatives have been set up to promote economic cooperation between French-speaking countries. The Agence de la francophonie pour la promotion des investissements (AFPI [6]) is an organisation set up in 1997 in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) to promote investment in French-speaking countries.
Alliance française [a] (French pronunciation: [aljɑ̃s fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; "French Alliance") or AF is an international organization that aims to promote the French language and francophone culture around the world.
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