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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 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.
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) Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature Gland, Switzerland: Latin Union: 6 (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish) Union Latine Paris, France MSF: Médecins sans frontières Geneva, Switzerland NAFTA: 3 (English, Spanish) Accord de libre-échange nord-américain Mexico City, Ottawa and Washington, D ...
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]
Catalan, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian: Médecins Sans Frontières: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/OCDE) English and French: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) French: Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) Spanish and ...
4. Francisco. The name Francisco means “Frenchman” or “free man.”It is the Spanish cognate of the name Francis. Babies named Francisco are often nicknamed Frank, Frankie, Paco, Paquito ...
During the second half of the 18th century, Spanish supporters of the Enlightenment were inspired by ideas from France earning them the name "Afrancesado" (lit. "turned-French"). These sought to remake Spanish institutions, society and culture on humanist , rationalist and constitutionalist grounds, drawing strongly from the example of the ...