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French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' (asterisk) indicates a country whose independence is disputed.
Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.
Equatorial Guinea: Spanish, French and Portuguese are the official languages of the country. [5] Fang, Bube, Igbo, Pidgin English, Annobonese are also spoken. [6] [7] Republic of the Congo: French (official), Lingala and Kituba national languages [8] plus other dialects, including Kikongo and Kituba.
Country Region Population Status India Asia 1,367,703,110 [1]: Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English.Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India.
French sees use as foreign language in education and the country was a French colony for a short period from 1798 to 1801 Equatorial Guinea: 1989: officially trilingual, French included: Country surrounded by French-speaking countries. Former Spanish colony France: 1970: French: Founder, origin of the French language Gabon: 1970: French: Former ...
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The League of Nations selected English, French, and Spanish as official languages with English and French being the working languages. English and French were chosen due to the global reach of the British Empire and the French Empire. Spanish was selected due to the large number of first-language speakers in Latin America and the former Spanish ...