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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 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.
Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian and German: Holy See: Latin (official), Italian (administrative and diplomatic) and French (diplomatic) International Criminal Court (ICC) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish (English and French are working languages) [4] International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
7 (English, German, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian) Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge Geneva, Switzerland Interpol: 4 (Arabic, English, Spanish) Interpol Lyon, France IOC: 2 (English) Comité International Olympique Lausanne, Switzerland IOM: 3 (English, Spanish) Organisation Internationale pour les Migration
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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Francophonia may refer to: Francophonie, the term meaning use of the French ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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 ...
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 ...