French speaking countries in the World Cup Les pays francophones dans la Coupe du Monde.
Les Pays et les Régions Francophones
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• French is spoken in 50 different countries. •In 29 countries French is official language (This means that governmental affairs are conducted in French, official laws and regulations are written in French, business is transacted in French, and schools use French as a language of instruction) • 124 million people all over the world speak French. •.
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• French is spoken in 50 different countries.•In 29 countries French is official language (This
means that governmental affairs are conducted in French, official laws and regulations are written in
French, business is transacted in French, and schools use French as a language of instruction)
• 124 million people all over the world speak French.
•.Can you name any countries where French is the
main language, apart from France?
France Tahiti Algeria Martinique GuyanaMadagascar Morocco Switzerland
TunisiaIvory Coast La Reunion Belgium Cambodia
New Caledonia Luxembourg Vietnam Canada
Countries in the worldCan you put these countries in the correct column to
show where they are in the world?
Europe Africa Asia N America S America Islands
What do these countries all have in common?
EuropeFranceBelgiumSwitzerlandLuxembourgMonacoAndorra
North, South & Central AmericaCanada (Quebec)MartiniqueGuadelupeFrench GuianaHaiti
Countries where French is an commonly used languageAfricaBenin Rwanda Burkina Faso SénégalBurundi NigeriaCameroon Togo Ivory Coast AlgeriaMorocco CongoDjibouti TunisiaGabon Guinea Mauritania Tchad MaliCentral African RepublicLa ReunionMadagascar Seychelles Islands
OceaniaVanuatuNew CaledoniaFrench PolynesiaWallis & Futuna
AsiaVietnamCambodiaLaosLebanon
French Overseas Departmentsand Territories
Islands – Les Iles:
Dans la Mer des Caraibes:La Maritnique (DOM)La Guadeloupe (DOM)St-BarthélemySt-MartinHaiti
French Overseas Departments
DOM – département d’outre – mer-Overseas departments
The inhabitants of the departments are French citizens and have the same legal rights and responsibilities as those living in France
La Martinique- DOMLa Guadeloupe - DOM
Dans l’océan Pacifique du Sud – South of Pascific ocean • La Nouvelle-Calédonie
(TOM)• Wallis-et- Futuna (TOM)• Vanuatu• La Polynésie française
(TOM)
French Overseas Territories
TOM- Territoires d’outre-mer – Overseas territories
The inhabitants of the territories are French citizens and elect representatives to the French parliament although the territories have a certain degree of local autonomy. However, they are governed by a governor appointed by France. The French government highly subsidizes the economies of the territories.
Les Iles dans l’Océan Indien-Indian ocean
MadagascarLa Réunion (DOM)Les SeychellesLes Iles ComoresL’Ile Mayotte (CT)L’Ile Maurice
CT – Collectivités Territorials
Colléctivités territoriales- territorial
collectivitiesThese are previous French
possessions which remain under French influence and protection but have a higher degree of autonomy than territories
