French Polynesia (France)

Australia & Oceania

Haiti

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Martin (France)

Caribbean

Belgium

France

Luxembourg

Monaco

Switzerland

Europe

French Guiana (France)

Latin America

Guadeloupe (France)

Mayotte (France)

New Caledonia (France)

Réunion (France)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

None

Canada

North America

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Guinea

Madagascar

Mali

Niger

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Togo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows countries where French is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in blue and include France, Canada, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Guinea, Senegal, Congo, Gabon, and Madagascar.

Countries where French is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

French as Official or de facto Language

Austria

Cyprus

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

A world map highlights (blue) the members of the European Monetary Union: Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, and Cyprus.

Current members of the European Monetary Union

European Union

European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)

Georgia

Armenia

Russia

Eurasia

Moldova

Belarus

Ukraine

A map showing the distribution of languages in the Russian domain.

Languages within the Russian domain

Languages

The language map for the Russian Domain displays both individual languages as well as language families. Russian is spoken throughout Russia, particularly in the western two-thirds of the country and along the southern border with China. It also is found in eastern and Southern Ukraine. Belorussian is spoken in Belarus. Ukrainian is spoken in Ukraine and a small portion of western Russia near the Ukrainian border. Armenia is spoken in Armenia. Romanian is spoken in Moldova. Altaic languages dominate Siberia and are found in pockets in western Russia, including an area east of Moscow near the southern Ural Mountains and west of the Caspian Sea. Caucasian languages are spoken in the Caucasus Mountains of extreme southern Russia, Georgia, and northwestern Armenia. Eskimo-Aleut languages are spoken in extreme eastern Siberia and Russia’s Arctic islands. Finno-Ugric languages are spoken along the border with Finland along the Arctic coast of western Russia, and throughout the West Siberian Lowland.

French as Official or de facto Language	European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)	Languages - Russian Domain
Value	Value	Altaic	Armenian	Belorussian	Caucasian	Eskimo-Aleut and other	Finno-Ugric	Romanian	Russian	Russian and Ukrainian	Ukrainian






		38.9%	60.7%		78.4%	7.69%	7.12%		3.75%
				99.6%				85.4%		21.5%	77.8%