French

FACT FILE:

Official language in: 29 Countries… France, Benin, Burkina Fasa, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Senegal, Togo

Co-language in: Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Switzerland, Vanuatu

Minority language in: Guernsey, Lebanon, Mauritius, Vatican

Spoken by: 76.8 million worldwide

Language family: Romance language – Indo-European language

Writing system: Latin (French alphabet)

Fun fact: French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world, with 100 million students and 2 million teachers – 20% of whom are outside of francophone* countries.

(*Francophone = French speaking country)

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