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- Countries where French is spoken are Francophone countries
- Third most spoken language in the European Union
- French has been the official language of France since 1539
- 115 million Africans from 31 countries can speak French
- French uses the 26 letters of Latin alphabet plus 5 diacritics
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French is one of the most important languages of the world, which is spoken by about 65-80 million people as a native language and by about 190-200 million people as a second or third language. There are significant numbers of speakers in as many as 54 countries. There are native speakers of French in France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, the US, and some African countries. French descended from old Latin and developed under the influence of native Celtic languages and by the Germanic languages. French is the official language in 29 countries. Most of them form La Francophonie, the community of French-speaking nations. It is an official language of all UN agencies and several other international organizations.
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