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  2. 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 50 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]

  3. Geographical distribution of French speakers - Wikipedia

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    Only half of Dakar residents identify with a Francophone status or feel solidarity with French-speaking countries, but the French language is seen as essential for everyday affairs and education. [72] French was the language of literacy for 37.2% of the population in 2013, followed by Arabic at 11.1%.

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

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    List of countries and territories where French is an official language; User:Falcaorib/Modern Languages, Nations and Religions; Template:Infobox language/testcases; Category:French-speaking countries and territories

  5. 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.

  6. List of regions of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Anglophone Africa includes five countries in West Africa (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and the most populous African country Nigeria, as well as a part of Cameroon) that are separated by Francophone countries, South Sudan, and a large continuous area in Southern Africa and the African Great Lakes.

  7. 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.

  8. African French - Wikipedia

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    A man from Labé, Guinea, speaking Pular and West African French. African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 320 million people in Africa in 2023 or 67% of the French-speaking population of the world [1] [2] [3] spread across 34 countries and territories.

  9. File:Detailed SVG map of the Francophone world.svg - Wikipedia

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 01:36, 2 November 2023: 2,560 × 1,314 (1.28 MB): Salvabl: The standard on Wikipedia's world maps is the existence of a border between Morocco and Western Sahara, which is in accordance with the internationally recognized Moroccan borders.