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This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
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 ]
In addition to French, several regional languages are also spoken to varying degrees, such as Alsatian, a German dialect (specifically Alemannic; spoken by 1.44% of the national population); Basque, a language isolate; Breton, a Celtic language (spoken by 0.61%); Corsican, an Italo-Dalmatian language; and various other Gallo-Romance languages ...
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Map of main European languages simplified by following national borders in many cases. The map does not reflect the fact that many regions are bilingual, officially and/or in practice. In some cases, the area indicated for a language reflects where some of its speakers live but not necessarily where they form the majority of the population. Date
Map of Europe, showing one of the most commonly used continental boundaries [ag] Legend: Blue = Contiguous transcontinental countries Green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries
Maltese is a Semitic language that is the official language of Malta, descended from Siculo-Arabic, but written in the Latin script with heavy Latin and Italian influences. The Basque language is spoken in the Basque Country, a region in northern Spain and southwestern France.
With a land area of 504,782 square kilometres (194,897 sq mi) in the Iberian peninsula, [1] Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe (behind France), and the fourth largest country in the European continent (behind Russia, Ukraine, and France). It has an average altitude of 650 m.