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  2. Geographical distribution of French speakers - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of countries and territories where French is an official ...

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    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]

  4. Member states of the Organisation internationale de la ...

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    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.

  5. File:Map-Francophone World.svg - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are no longer fully colored in light blue, this is because French is not used there very much these days. Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have been colored light blue, because the French language is widely used. There are even more French speakers in those countries where French is the official language.

  6. Francophonie - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Category:French-speaking countries and territories - Wikipedia

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    French-language school districts in Canada‎ (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "French-speaking countries and territories" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.

  8. List of cities and towns in Romania - Wikipedia

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    Municipalities of Romania Towns of Romania. This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. [1] For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals.

  9. Françafrique - Wikipedia

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    For example, major French political parties have received funding from the recycling of part of the coopération budget, which secretly made its way to the party's coffers via Africa and from Elf, a French state-owned oil company, when it achieved its strategic objectives in Africa.