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The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to La Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [4] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [5]) is an international organization representing where there is a notable affiliation with French language and culture.
This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle Geneva, Switzerland OIC: 3 (Arabic, English) Organisation de la conférence islamique Jeddah, Saudi Arabia OIV: 3 (English, Spanish) Organisation internationale de la vigne et du vin Paris, France OPCW: 6 (Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish)
The term francophonie was invented by Onésime Reclus in 1880: "We also put aside four large countries, Senegal, Gabon, Cochinchina and Cambodia, whose future from a "Francophone" point of view is still very doubtful, except perhaps for Senegal" (in French « Nous mettons aussi de côté quatre grands pays, le Sénégal, le Gabon, la Cochinchine, le Cambodge dont l’avenir au point de vue ...
Created in Paris on 21 July 1883 under the name Alliance française pour la propagation de la langue nationale dans les colonies et à l'étranger (French alliance for the propagation of the national language in the colonies and abroad), known now simply as L'Alliance française, its primary goal is teaching French as a second language.
Hervé Cronel, « Que fait la Francophonie de l'économie ? », Hermès, La Revue , 40, 2004/3, p. 155-157 ( en ligne ). Céline Carrère, Maria Masood, Le poids économique de la langue française dans le monde , Clermont-Ferrand, Fondation pour les Études et Recherches sur le Développement International (FERDI), 2013.
Secretaries-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (5 P) Pages in category "Organisation internationale de la Francophonie" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 50 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.