• 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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Can you name any countries where French is the
main language, apart from France?
Countries in the world
Can you put these countries in the correct column to
show where they are in the world?
France
Tahiti
Madagascar
Algeria
Martinique
Guyana
Morocco
Switzerland
Tunisia
Ivory Coast
La Reunion
Belgium
Cambodia
New Caledonia Luxembourg
Vietnam
Canada
Europe
Africa
Asia
N America S America
Islands
What do these countries all have in common?
Countries where French is an commonly used language
Europe
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Monaco
Andorra
Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Morocco
Djibouti
Gabon
Mauritania
North, South &
Central America
Canada (Quebec)Central African
Republic
Martinique
La Reunion
Guadelupe
Madagascar
French Guiana Seychelles Islands
Haiti
Rwanda
Sénégal
Nigeria
Togo
Algeria
Congo
Tunisia
Guinea
Tchad
Mali
Oceania
Vanuatu
New Caledonia
French Polynesia
Wallis & Futuna
Asia
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Lebanon
French Overseas Departments
and Territories
Islands – Les Iles:
Dans la Mer des Caraibes:
La Maritnique (DOM)
La Guadeloupe (DOM)
St-Barthélemy
St-Martin
Haiti
French Overseas Departments
DOM – département
d’outre – mer-
Overseas
departments
La Martinique- DOM
La Guadeloupe - DOM
The inhabitants of
the departments
are French citizens
and have the same
legal rights and
responsibilities as
those living in
France
Dans l’océan Pacifique du Sud –
South of Pascific ocean
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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
Madagascar
La Réunion (DOM)
Les Seychelles
Les Iles Comores
L’Ile Mayotte (CT)
L’Ile Maurice
CT – Collectivités Territorials
Colléctivités territorialesterritorial collectivities
 These are previous French
possessions which remain under
French influence and protection
but have a higher degree of
autonomy than territories