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French as Official or de facto Language

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

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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.

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French as Official or de facto Language

Facebook Users

Former Warsaw Pact Members

Volcanoes

Mercosur

Language Families

Value

Class

Rank

Millions of users

Former Warsaw Pact Members

Volcanoes

Value

Afro-Asiatic

Altaic

Amerindian and Indo-European

Austro-Asiatic

Austronesian

Basque

Caucasian

Dravidian

Eskimo-Aleut

Indo-European

Japanese

Khoisan

Korean

Niger-Congo

Nilo-Saharan

Paleo-Siberian

Papuan

Sino-Tibetan

Tai-Kadai

Uralic

1.66666666666666672.96%39.1%86.3%
2.666666666666666579.9%
99.6%62.1%46.5%
144.5%81.0%4.67%96.1%62.7%1.37%
99.3%12.05%38.5%74.5%4.57%4.59%
83.3%2.833333333333333597.2%4.35%1.49%61.0%39.2%
324.0%24.7%
2100%3.88%5.61%65.9%
1.54.98%7.29%41.8%
17.1%76.1%5.05%
2.531.7%8.18%7.63%16.8%49.9%39.0%
180.3%30.5%51.4%20.1%
2.85714285714285756.6%99.8%18.8%27.4%70.9%27.4%
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