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The French language became an international language, the second international language alongside Latin, in the Middle Ages, "from the fourteenth century onwards".It was not by virtue of the power of the Kingdom of France: '"... until the end of the fifteenth century, the French of the chancellery spread as a political and literary language because the French court was the model of chivalric ...
The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
Manitoba has a particular French Language Services Policy [73] and bilingual in capital city Winnipeg, as well as a special law on recognition of seven indigenous languages. [74] Nova Scotia has a governmental agency for Scots Gaelic language and culture affairs. [75] French is regionally spoken, with a special law on French-language services. [76]
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. 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]
This category lists countries and territories where French is used as either a first or native language or an official language The main article for this category is Francophonie . See also: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
French: Comores—Union des Comores. Moroni Arabic: موروني (Mūrūnī) French: Moroni: 821,625 2,235 km 2 (863 sq mi) Comorian franc: Democratic Republic of the Congo [n 1] COD French: République démocratique du Congo: Kinshasa French: Kinshasa: 95,894,118 2,344,858 km 2 (905,355 sq mi) Congolese franc: Republic of the Congo [n 2] COG
French language in Africa (2 C, 16 P) ... French-speaking countries and territories (1 C, 51 P) F. French-language newspapers by continent (5 C) M.