"French Speaking Countries"

How did the French language spread over the world? One of the important factor of the expansion French language is French colonies. You will find a lot of African countries that speak French in the list below. Another factor is that people see the French language as the language of romance, the language of love (I am still wondering why). 

Also, since the language comes just after English, it gives to people who can speak French a kind of 'prestige', or if you prefer: 'la classe'.

What country speak French?

If you are planning to travel, you will find our list of countries that speak French very helpful. The list is divided in several parts:

French Speaking countries with French as an official language:

Dom stands for Departement D'outre Mer (oversea department), Tom stands for Territoire D'outre Mer (oversea Territory).

It is also the official language of these African country: le Benin, le Senegal, le Burkina Fasso, la Republique Democratique du Congo, Le Togo. etc... It can be difficult to believe, but in most of these African countrie, people tend to speak a better French than in France! They don't use slang or modern French as we use it in France.

French is also the official language in the Quebec, and some swiss (switzerland) districts, like in Geneve and Neuchatel.

French Speaking countries with French as a co-official language:

In Africa: Le Burundi, le Cameroun, le Chad, la guinee equatoriale, le Rwanda, Djibouti.

Other places: Canada and Haiti.

Countries where French plays an important role in commerce or administration:

In many countries, you will find a lot of people who speak French on a daily basis, and French can be taught as the main language. This is often due to a past presence of the French population, or to colonization.

All the countries of the 'maghreb': Algeria, Tunisia, Marocco, Egypt, Mauritania. French is present in syria as well. The French language also plays an important role in Brazil, and in Lousiana in the United States.

Other organizations where French plays an important role:

African Union, World Trade Agency, International Olympic Commitee.

That's a lot of people who speak French. You don't have excuse with all these places, and even if you can's travel to France (for x,y reason), you may be able to land in one of these numerous French speaking countries.