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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.
The term francophonie was invented by Onésime Reclus in 1880: "We also put aside four large countries, Senegal, Gabon, Cochinchina and Cambodia, whose future from a "Francophone" point of view is still very doubtful, except perhaps for Senegal" (in French « Nous mettons aussi de côté quatre grands pays, le Sénégal, le Gabon, la Cochinchine, le Cambodge dont l’avenir au point de vue ...
He was a contributor to the journal Tour du monde. [4] In 1880 Reclus coined the term "Francophonie" as a means of classification of peoples of the world who spoke the French language. [5] He believed that people were connected by their language and culture, for instance, the continental French as well as French speakers in the Caribbean and ...
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.
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) Organisation internationale de la vigne et du vin Paris, France OPCW: 6 (Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish) Organisation pour l'interdiction des armes chimiques Washington, D.C., US OSCE: 6 (English, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish) Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe Vienna, Austria PIF: 16
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.