Algeria LAlgrie Slide 2 Belgium La Belgique Slide 3 Benin Le
Bnin Slide 4 Burundi Le Burundi Slide 5 Burkina Faso Le Burkina
Faso Slide 6 Cameroon Le Cameroun Slide 7 Canada Le Canada (Le
Qubec) Slide 8 Central African Republic La Rpublique Centrafricaine
Slide 9 Congo Le Congo Slide 10 Djibouti Slide 11 France La France
Slide 12 French Polynesia La Polynsie Franaise Slide 13 Gabon Le
Gabon Slide 14 Guadeloupe La Guadeloupe Slide 15 Guinea La Guine
Slide 16 Guyana La Guyane Slide 17 Haiti Hati Slide 18 Ivory Coast
La Cte dIvoire Slide 19 Cambodia Le Cambodge Slide 20 Laos Le Laos
Slide 21 Lebanon Le Liban Slide 22 Luxembourg Le Luxembourg Slide
23 Madagascar Slide 24 Mali Le Mali Slide 25 Martinique La
Martinique Slide 26 Mauritania La Mauritanie Slide 27 Mauritius Lle
Maurice Slide 28 Monaco Slide 29 Morocco Le Maroc Slide 30 New
Caledonia La Nouvelle Caldonie Slide 31 Reunion La Runion Slide 32
Rwanda Le Ruanda Slide 33 Senegal Le Sngal Slide 34 Seychelles Les
Seychelles Slide 35 Switzerland La Suisse Slide 36 Togo Le Togo
Slide 37 Tunisia La Tunisie Slide 38 Vietnam Le Vit-nam Slide 39
Democratic Republic of the Congo La Rpublique dmocratique du Congo
Slide 40 Nigeria Le Niger Slide 41 Tchad Le Tchad Slide 42 Andorra
LAndorre Slide 43 Facts About the French-Speaking World Slide 44
French is the official language of 29 countries around the world
Over one one hundred twenty four million people speak French is
their native language French is spoken on five continents in about
50 countries and territories in the world Slide 45 In Europe French
is spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco and
Andorra On the American continent, French is the official language
of three islands in the Caribbean: Haiti, Martinique, and
Guadeloupe. Quebec, Canadas largest province, is almost entirely
French-speaking. In the United States, French is a second language
for more than a million people in Louisiana and certain areas of
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine Slide 46 In South America, French
is the official language of French Guiana In Africa, French is the
official or second language in 21 African countries This countries
retain not only the French language but also the influence of
French culture, institutions, and traditions. In Asia, in countries
of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam French is spoken today by some of
its people Slide 47 Why do so many people in Africa and Asia speak
French? During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, France
became a colonial power in the world. This means that the French
occupied and ruled counties of the world far from France itself.
These countries sent many of their products (such as copper and
cocoa) back to France for manufacturing into finished products. As
the French governed these nations, they also established schools
and businesses which used the French language. By 1960, these
nations had become independent, but they maintained French as their
official and business language because so many people spoke
French.
