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[M]Valerie Scogin[/M], a high school mathematics teacher in Slidell, La. [M]is under fire after parents discovered a Facebook post by the[/M] amateur social media sociologist and [M]Melissa McCarthy lookalike[/M], ranting about why America is no longer great, according to The Advocate.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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[M]Valerie Scogin[/M], a high school mathematics teacher in Slidell, La. [M]is under fire after parents discovered a Facebook post by the amateur social media sociologist[/M] and Melissa McCarthy lookalike, ranting about why America is no longer great, according to The Advocate.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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[M]Valerie Scogin, a high school mathematics teacher in Slidell, La.[/M] is under fire after parents discovered a Facebook post by the amateur social media sociologist and Melissa McCarthy lookalike, ranting about why America is no longer great, according to The Advocate.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that [M]the Transatlantic slave trade began[/M] in the 15th century [M]when[/M] Portuguese and [M]other European kingdoms[/M] “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to [M]take those they enslaved back to Europe[/M],” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that [M]the Transatlantic slave trade began[/M] in the 15th century [M]when Portuguese[/M] and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to [M]take those they enslaved back to Europe[/M],” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that [M]the Transatlantic slave trade began[/M] in the 15th century [M]when[/M] Portuguese and [M]other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa[/M] and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that [M]the Transatlantic slave trade began[/M] in the 15th century [M]when Portuguese[/M] and other European kingdoms “[M]began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa[/M] and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that [M]the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century[/M] when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said [M]Scogin[/M], beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, [M]ignoring the fact that the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century[/M] when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But [M]it was their own people[/M] selling them into slavery and [M]tearing them even worse in their own country of origin[/M],” she continued, ignoring the fact that the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But [M]it was their own people selling them into slavery[/M] and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said [M]Scogin, beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa[/M],’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, they could go back,” said [M]Scogin[/M], beginning [M]her post[/M] with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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“They don’t have to live in that country, [M]they could go back,” said Scogin[/M], beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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[M]“They don’t have to live in that country[/M], they could go back,” [M]said Scogin[/M], beginning her post with a ‘go-back-to-Africa,’ before delving into a mashup of all the racist white arguments at once:
“But it was their own people selling them into slavery and tearing them even worse in their own country of origin,” she continued, ignoring the fact that the Transatlantic slave trade began in the 15th century when Portuguese and other European kingdoms “began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe,” according to the BBC.
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Valerie Scogin, a 33-year-old math teacher at Slidell High School in Louisiana, has been disciplined by the school district due to a racist Facebook comment she wrote about Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial. Scogin has since apologized for the racially charged post and has also deleted her Facebook.
According to The New Orleans Advocate, while the St. Tammany Parish school district has an “electronic communication policy” that bans employees from being engaging on social media with current students, it does not define what they can or cannot say on their social media accounts.
Meredith Mendez, a spokeswoman for the St. Tammany Parish school system, said about Scogin: “The appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. I can’t comment further due to this being a personnel matter.
Facebook
via WWL-TV:
Valerie Scogin, a teacher at Slidell High School posted on Facebook saying “they don’t have to live in that country. they could go back,” the post goes on to say “Want to not be stereotyped, tell people of that color to quit acting like animals.”
It’s unclear who Scogin is referring to and what prompted the post but for some parents, it doesn’t matter.
When asked if she views the post as racist, parent Cadra Menard replied, “Absolutely the connotations, you couldn’t miss that, I couldn’t miss that, I don’t know who could.”
The director of public information for St. Tammany Parish Public Schools said, “We are aware of the post.
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[M]It is also[/M], [M]together with[/M] English and [M]German[/M], [M]one of the three working languages of the European Union[/M].
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]It is also[/M], [M]together with English[/M] and German, [M]one of the three working languages of the European Union[/M].
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]It is also[/M], together with English and German, [M]one of the three working languages of the European Union[/M].
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous [M]international organizations such as[/M] the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and [M]the Universal Postal Union[/M].
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous [M]international organizations such as[/M] the UN, NATO, [M]the International Olympic Committee[/M] and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous [M]international organizations such as[/M] the UN, [M]NATO[/M], the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous [M]international organizations such as[/M] the [M]UN[/M], NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, [M]it is the official language of[/M] about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as [M]numerous international organizations[/M] such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, [M]it is the official language of about 30 states[/M] spread over all continents ([M]as a legacy of the[/M] French colonial empire and [M]colonization Belgium[/M]), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is [M]the official language of about 30 states[/M] spread over all continents [M](as a legacy of the French colonial empire[/M] and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, [M]it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents[/M] (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and [M]in the Principality of Monaco[/M], it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), [M]in Luxembourg[/M] and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in[/M] metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and [M]Seychelles[/M]), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in[/M] metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, [M]Comoros[/M] and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in[/M] metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean ([M]Mauritius[/M], Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in[/M] metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean [M]islands[/M] (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and [M]the Indian Ocean[/M] (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in[/M] metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, [M]Saint Lucia[/M]) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in[/M] metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , [M]Dominica[/M], Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in[/M] metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands ([M]Haiti[/M] , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, [M]in numerous Caribbean islands[/M] (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, [M]in Switzerland[/M], in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), [M]in Belgium[/M], in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, [M]in Canada[/M] (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but [M]with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba)[/M], in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, [M]in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick[/M], but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue[/M] in metropolitan France and overseas, [M]in Canada[/M] (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan[/M] France and [M]overseas[/M], in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France[/M] and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world ([M]it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers).[/M]
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world ([M]it is the fifth most spoken language in the world[/M] based on the number of total speakers).
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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However, [M]according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie[/M], [M]there are around 267 million speakers in the world[/M] (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers).
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]French[/M] (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) [M]is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.[/M]
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ])[/M] is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by [M]number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021[/M]), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most [M]spoken languages[/M] in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), [M]it is[/M] instead [M]the second by diffusion (after English[/M]) by number of countries in which it is official and [M]by number of continents in which it is spoken.[/M]
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most [M]spoken languages[/M] in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), [M]it is[/M] instead [M]the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official[/M] and by number of continents in which it is spoken.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although [M]it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers[/M] (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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In Italy it is spoken and protected in [M]the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian[/M]
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]In Italy it is[/M] spoken and [M]protected in the Aosta Valley[/M], where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]In Italy it is spoken[/M] and protected [M]in the Aosta Valley[/M], where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to [M]a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered[/M] on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and [M]on the offices of the Alliance française.[/M]
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to [M]a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français[/M] (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on [M]the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies)[/M] and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]French is currently the second most taught language in the world[/M] after English, also [M]thanks to a widespread network of[/M] linguistic and [M]cultural services[/M] centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]French is currently the second most taught language in the world[/M] after English, also [M]thanks to a widespread network of linguistic[/M] and cultural [M]services[/M] centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English[/M], also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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But, [M]as a number of native speakers[/M] (L1), [M]it is number 17[/M].
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of [M]French-speaking Africa[/M] have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and [M]for which[/M] precise or [M]updated statistics are not always available.[/M]
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of [M]French-speaking Africa[/M] have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and [M]for which precise[/M] or updated [M]statistics are not always available[/M].
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast [M]territories of French-speaking Africa[/M] have in the demography of this language, [M]in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling[/M] and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and [M]the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language[/M], in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater [M]diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue[/M] and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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[M]Estimates of the total speakers are difficult[/M] due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages. French, like all Romance languages, is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from the spoken Latin of the Gaul region (especially North Gaul). French is the official language used by most countries besides English and one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also the official language and official administrative language of many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross. Its influence is only Second to English. In the 11th century, French was the most populous language in the world except for Middle Chinese. As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
There are 100 million people in the world who use French as their mother tongue, and another 280 million people use French (including those who use it as a second language). These numbers are still growing, especially on the African continent.
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French (Français: Français) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the [M]Romance family of Indo-European languages[/M].
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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[M]French[/M] (Français: Français) [M]belongs to[/M] the [M]Gaul-Romanic branch of[/M] the [M]Romance family[/M] of Indo-European languages.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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[M]French[/M] (Français: Français) [M]belongs to[/M] the Gaul-Romanic branch of the [M]Romance family[/M] of Indo-European languages.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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[M]French (Français: Français[/M]) belongs to the Gaul-Romanic branch of the Romance family of Indo-European languages.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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French, like all Romance languages, is derived from [M]the Latin of the Roman Empire[/M].
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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French, like [M]all Romance languages[/M], is [M]derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire.[/M]
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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[M]French[/M], like all Romance languages, [M]is derived from the Latin of the Roman Empire.[/M]
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the [M]official language[/M] and official administrative language [M]of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the [M]International Red Cross[/M].
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the [M]official language[/M] and official administrative language [M]of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the [M]WTO[/M] and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the [M]official language[/M] and official administrative language [M]of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the [M]Olympic Games[/M], the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the [M]official language[/M] and official administrative language [M]of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, [M]NATO[/M], the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the [M]official language[/M] and official administrative language [M]of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the [M]European Union[/M], NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the [M]official language[/M] and official administrative language [M]of[/M] many international organizations such as the [M]United Nations[/M], the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the official language and [M]official administrative language of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the [M]WTO[/M] and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the official language and [M]official administrative language of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the [M]Olympic Games[/M], the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the official language and [M]official administrative language of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, [M]NATO[/M], the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the official language and [M]official administrative language of[/M] many international organizations such as the United Nations, the [M]European Union[/M], NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the official language and [M]official administrative language of[/M] many international organizations such as the [M]United Nations[/M], the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the official language and [M]official administrative language of many international organizations[/M] such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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It is also the [M]official language[/M] and official administrative language [M]of many international organizations[/M] such as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the Olympic Games, the WTO and the International Red Cross.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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[M]French is[/M] the official language used by most countries besides English and [M]one of the working languages of the United Nations.[/M]
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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[M]French is the official language used by most countries besides English[/M] and one of the working languages of the United Nations.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most [M]countries[/M], especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and [M]Côte d’Ivoire.[/M]
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most [M]countries[/M], especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, [M]Senegal[/M] and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most [M]countries[/M], especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, [M]Mauritius[/M], Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most [M]countries[/M], especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, [M]Tunisia[/M], Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most [M]countries[/M], especially Gabon, Algeria, [M]Morocco[/M], Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most [M]countries[/M], especially Gabon, [M]Algeria[/M], Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, African French became the second language of most [M]countries[/M], especially [M]Gabon[/M], Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, [M]African French became[/M] the [M]second language of[/M] most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and [M]Côte d’Ivoire.[/M]
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, [M]African French became[/M] the [M]second language of[/M] most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius, [M]Senegal[/M] and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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As the colonial empires established by France and Belgium introduced French into the Americas, Africa and Asia, [M]African French became[/M] the [M]second language of[/M] most countries, especially Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, [M]Mauritius[/M], Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.
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French (français, AFI: [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a language belonging to the group of Romance languages.
Spread as a mother tongue in metropolitan France and overseas, in Canada (mainly in the provinces of Québec and New Brunswick, but with a significant presence also in Ontario and Manitoba), in Belgium, in Switzerland, in numerous Caribbean islands (Haiti , Dominica, Saint Lucia) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles), in Luxembourg and in the Principality of Monaco, it is the official language of about 30 states spread over all continents (as a legacy of the French colonial empire and colonization Belgium), as well as numerous international organizations such as the UN, NATO, the International Olympic Committee and the Universal Postal Union. It is also, together with English and German, one of the three working languages of the European Union. In Italy it is spoken and protected in the Aosta Valley, where it enjoys a co-official status with Italian
Although it is not in the very first places among the most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers (79.6 million according to Ethnologue, 2021), it is instead the second by diffusion (after English) by number of countries in which it is official and by number of continents in which it is spoken. Estimates of the total speakers are difficult due to the greater diffusion of French as a second language than as a mother tongue and the large weight that the vast territories of French-speaking Africa have in the demography of this language, in which the advancement of knowledge of French is constantly growing thanks to schooling and for which precise or updated statistics are not always available. However, according to the estimates of the International Organization of Francophonie, there are around 267 million speakers in the world (it is the fifth most spoken language in the world based on the number of total speakers). But, as a number of native speakers (L1), it is number 17.
French is currently the second most taught language in the world after English, also thanks to a widespread network of linguistic and cultural services centered on the Centers Culturels Français (CCF, dependent on the Embassies) and on the offices of the Alliance française.
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