French-Speaking Countries

Countries Where They Speak French

They Speak French Here...

Belgium
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
France
Gabon
Guinea
Haiti
Italy
Ivory Coast
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritius
Monaco
Niger
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Switzerland
Togo
Vanuatu
Vietnam

Descended from the Latin of the Roman Empire, along with languages such as Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Portuguese, its development was influenced by the native Celtic languages of Roman Gaul, and by the Germanic language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. This is one of the reasons why certain French sounds and spellings are distinctly different from those of Spanish and Italian, for example, and why Spanish and Italian sound more similar to one another than French does to either one of them.

Per the Constitution of France, French has been the official language since 1992. French is also an official language in 40 other countries, most of which form what is called in French La Francophonie, the community of French-speaking nations. French as a foreign language is the second most frequently taught language in the world after English.

Source: Wikipedia

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