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It states that 14% of the adult people living in France in 1999 were born and raised up to the age of 5 in families that spoke only (or predominantly) some other languages than French. It does not mean that 14% of adult people in France spoke some other languages than French in 1999. Only adults (i.e. 18 years and older) were surveyed.
This word can also be envisioned as a person's name, "Roy G. Biv". [ 6 ] Another traditional mnemonic device has been to turn the initial letters of the seven spectral colors into a sentence, most commonly "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" [ 7 ] (or the slight alternative "Richard Of York Gained Battles In Vain").
Grenadian French Creole – Patwa Spoken in: Grenada; Guaraní – Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju Official language in: the Argentinian province of Corrientes, Bolivia, and Paraguay; Guernésiais – Guernésiais Spoken in: the British crown dependency of Guernsey; Guianan Creole French – Kriyòl gwiyannen Official language in: French Guiana, France
Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Countries are listed alphabetically by their most common name in English. Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order (ignoring accents) by name and by language.
French is an administrative language and is commonly but unofficially used in the Maghreb states, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.As of 2023, an estimated 350 million African people spread across 34 African countries can speak French either as a first or second language, mostly as a secondary language, making Africa the continent with the most French speakers in the world. [2]
At a regional level, French is acknowledged as an official language in the Aosta Valley region of Italy (the first government authority to adopt Modern French as the official language in 1536, three years before France itself), [47] in which is spoken as a first language by 1.25% of the population and as a second one by approximately 50%. [48]
Angevin is the traditional langue d'oïl spoken in Anjou, a historic province in western France.It was also spoken in neighboring regions like the Pays Nantais (along with Gallo), Maine (along with Mayennois) and Touraine (along with Tourangeau).
Switzerland (National and official language with French, German, and ) [42] Official language in: Canton of Ticino; Canton of Grisons (with German and Romansh) Vatican City (with Latin) Itene: Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages) [10] Itonama: Bolivia (with Spanish, Quechua, Guaraní and 33 other languages) [10]