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African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 167 million people in Africa in 2023 or 51% of the French-speaking population of the world [4][5][6] spread across 34 countries and territories. [Note 1] This includes those who speak French as a first or second ...
French (français [fʁɑ̃sɛ] ⓘ or langue française [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ⓘ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest ...
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 ...
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]
50%+ francophone. 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.
In international relations, Françafrique (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃safʁik]) is France's sphere of influence (or pré carré in French, meaning 'backyard') over former French and (also French-speaking) Belgian colonies in sub-Saharan Africa. [9] The term was derived from the expression France-Afrique, which was used by the first president ...
Romani people with their horse and vardo (Romani wagon) in Epsom, England, 1938. Sinti, in German-speaking areas of Europe and some neighboring countries; Manush, in French-speaking areas of Europe (in French: Manouche) Romanisæl, in Sweden and Norway. The Romani-Swedish population is mostly located in the southern parts of the country.
Adam Ant – English singer and musician. Adrian Minune – Romanian singer. Aggelopoulos Manolis (1939–1989) – Greek singer and actor. Albert Lee (born 1943) – London born and raised country rock guitar. Andro (born 2001) – Russian singer. Antonio Flores (1961–1995) – Spanish singer-songwriter and actor. Ayo – A sinti and yoruba ...