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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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    ~2% of the population speaks French as a foreign language as of 2014. Dominican Republic: 2010: Spanish: French colony from 1795 to 1808. Estonia: 2010: Estonian ~1% of the population speaks French as a foreign language as of 2014. Gambia: 2018: English: Border with Senegal, a French-speaking country. Georgia: 2004: Georgian

  5. File:Map of the French Diaspora in the World.svg - Wikipedia

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    Date: 17 July 2020: Source: Empty map: File:World map (Miller cylindrical projection, blank).svg Information available on page French people on the English Wikipedia; Number of French people living abroad per country: NW, 1615 L. St. Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project Global Migration Map: Origins and Destinations, 1990-2017 (in en-US).

  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. Languages of Romania - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic composition of Romania. Localities with a Hungarian majority or plurality are shown in dark green. After the fall of Romania's communist government in 1989, the various minority languages have received more rights, and Romania currently has extensive laws relating to the rights of minorities to use their own language in local administration and the judicial system.

  8. French language - Wikipedia

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    The majority of the world's French-speaking population lives in Africa. According to a 2023 estimate from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, an estimated 167 million African people spread across 35 countries and territories [b] can speak French as either a first or a second language.

  9. List of political and geographic borders - Wikipedia

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    Borders (alphabetical order) Hemispheres Continents Countries Dependencies; Arctic Ocean: Eastern / Northern / Western: Asia / Europe / North America: Canada / *Denmark / Iceland / Norway / Russia / United States: Greenland / Jan Mayen / Svalbard : Atlantic Ocean: Eastern / Northern / Southern / Western: Asia / Europe / North America / South ...