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Distribution of the French language in Europe. Spoken by 12% of the EU population, French is the second most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union, after German; it is also the third most widely known language of the Union, after English and German (33% of the EU population report to know how to speak English, whilst 22% of ...
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] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
French is regionally spoken, with a special law on French-language services. [76] In Newfoundland and Labrador, in the autonomous area of Nunatsiavut, English and Inuttut are co-official [77] There is also a particular provincial French Language Services Policy [78] In Port au Port Peninsula French language is used as well. [79] [80] [81]
Séga music is a popular style that mixes African and European music. The most popular sega musicians include Ousanousava, Baster, Maxime Laope. Maloya music has a strong African element reflected in the use of slave chants and work songs. The most popular sega musicians include Danyèl Waro, Firmin Viry, Granmoun Lélé, Mars tou sèl.
Andorra, [e] officially the Principality of Andorra, [2] [f] is a sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Western Europe, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south.
Spain: 17 17 34 0.48 ... French Guiana: 13 3 16 0.23 178,780 ... List of official languages by country and territory; Linguistic diversity index;
Five languages have more than 50 million native speakers in Europe: Russian, German, French, Italian, and English. Russian is the most-spoken native language in Europe, [4] and English has the largest number of speakers in total, including some 200 million speakers of English as a second or foreign language. (See English language in Europe.)
Outside Europe, French, Portuguese and Spanish are spoken and enjoy official status in various countries that emerged from the respective colonial empires. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] With almost 500 million speakers worldwide, Spanish is an official language in Spain and in nine countries of South America , home to about half that continent's ...