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Only half of Dakar residents identify with a Francophone status or feel solidarity with French-speaking countries, but the French language is seen as essential for everyday affairs and education. [72] French was the language of literacy for 37.2% of the population in 2013, followed by Arabic at 11.1%.
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]
Dakar region (French: Région de Dakar) is the smallest and most populated region of Senegal, encompassing the capital city of the country, Dakar, and all its suburbs along the Cap Vert peninsula, Africa's most westerly point.
These French-speaking countries share more than just a language. Due to their common history as French colonies , they also share similar legal and socio-political systems. The countries in this group are Benin , Burkina Faso , Cape Verde , Côte d'Ivoire , Guinea , Mali , the Niger , São Tomé and Príncipe , Senegal , and Togo .
French: Comores—Union des Comores. Moroni Arabic: موروني (Mūrūnī) French: Moroni: 821,625 2,235 km 2 (863 sq mi) Comorian franc: Democratic Republic of the Congo [n 1] COD French: République démocratique du Congo: Kinshasa French: Kinshasa: 95,894,118 2,344,858 km 2 (905,355 sq mi) Congolese franc: Republic of the Congo [n 2] COG
French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. The federation existed from 1895 until 1958.
Though Dakar in particular featured a far higher proportion of non-indigenous population than many surrounding African countries in which racial conflict had become apparent, inter-ethnic relations there were characterised by an "apparent absence of any colour problem" . [5]
This category lists countries and territories where French is used as either a first or native language or an official language The main article for this category is Francophonie . See also: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie