| Regions Country Status | North America Martinique official | Saint Barthélemy official | Saint Martin official | Saint Pierre and Miquelon official |
|---|
Which Caribbean islands speak French?
French (official language of
Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique
, Saint Barthélemy, French Guiana and Saint-Martin)
What places have French as their official language?
- France (60 million native speakers)
- Canada (7 million native speakers)
- Belgium (4 million native speakers)
- Switzerland (2 million native speakers)
- Congo-Kinshasa.
- Congo-Brazzaville.
- Côte d'Ivoire.
- Madagascar.
Which island countries speak French?
- Aosta Valley.
- French Guiana, French Polynesia.
- Guadeloupe.
- Jersey.
- Martinique.
- New Caledonia.
- Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
- Wallis and Futuna.
What 29 countries have French as their official language?
The 29 countries are, in alphabetical order:
Belgium, Benin
, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo and Vanuatu.
Which Caribbean island speaks the best English?
Barbados
– English-Speaking Luxury Living On The Caribbean
It's one of the quintessential blue seas, white sands location. Originally a British Colony, Barbados gained independence in 1966 but retains Commonwealth status. Barbados has been an English-speaking island for centuries.
Is Creole broken French?
It is
based on French
and on the African languages spoken by slaves brought from West Africa to work on plantations. It is often incorrectly described as a French dialect or as “broken French”. In fact, it is a language in its own right with its own pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics.
What is Canada called in French?
Canada is translated in French by…
Tu habites au Canada,
donc tu es Canadien
.
Which African country speaks French?
| Regions Country Status | Africa Congo official | Ivory Coast official | Djibouti co-official with Arabic | Equatorial Guinea co-official with Spanish and Portuguese |
|---|
What percentage of Africa speaks French?
High birth rates. There are 300 million French speakers worldwide today, up almost 10% since 2014, and a recent survey showed that
44%
of them live in sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the most spoken language in the world?
English
is the largest language in the world, if you count both native and non-native speakers. If you count only native speakers, Mandarin Chinese is the largest. Mandarin Chinese is the largest language in the world when counting only first language (native) speakers.
Does France use the 24 hour clock?
Generally speaking,
French speakers also use the 24-hour clock when they speak
. Sometimes the 12-hour clock is used orally, but only in informal circumstances.
What language did French evolve from?
It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from
Gallo-Romance
, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.
Which country speaks Spanish as official language?
| Sovereign states Status More information | Mexico De facto Mexican Spanish | Colombia De jure Colombian Spanish | Spain De jure Peninsular Spanish | Argentina De facto Rioplatense Spanish |
|---|
Which countries speaks English?
These countries include Belize, Botswana, Cameroon (co-official with French), Eswatini (Swaziland), Fiji, Ghana,
India
, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malaysia, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, the Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Rwanda, …
How many countries are in this world?
Countries in the World:
There are
195 countries
in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
