Name of the language: French nom du langage: Français
Other names
Dénominations |
Standard French
Français standard |
Spoken in ...
Parlé en... |
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada, northern and central Africa, the Caribbean, southeast Asia and Oceania
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Number of speakers Nombre de locuteurs |
200 m speakers worldwide; amongst others about 80 m in Europe, 11 m in North America and up to 100 m in Africa
200 millions de locuteurs dans le monde entier, dont 80 millions en Europe, 11 millions en Amérique du Nord et jusqu’à 100 millions en Afrique |
Legal status
Statut legal
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Statut legal Official language in: Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
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Source(s) |
http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/dossiers/francophonie/francophones-monde.shtml
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Short explanation about the history |
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