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in 1880: "We also put aside four large countries, Senegal, Gabon, Cochinchina and
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213:"Francophone space", "Francophone world", "Francosphere" represents not only a linguistic or geographic reality, but also a cultural entity: for example describing any individual who identifies with one of the francophone cultures, may it be
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2024:"Francophonie"
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1885:
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2474:Swahili list
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2459:Esperantujo
2442:Malay world
2425:Persosphere
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599:Switzerland
190:syntagmatic
95:L2-speakers
32:Francophobe
3438:Categories
3334:vocabulary
2469:Tamil list
2437:Indosphere
2401:Arab world
2335:Macedonian
2286:Anglophone
2180:Portuguese
2172:Iberophone
2007:9 February
1840:References
1800:Sprachraum
1699:7,375,547
1590:Puducherry
1504:Seychelles
1288:Martinique
1261:Guadeloupe
1180:Luxembourg
1153:Mauritania
947:3,677,647
545:Madagascar
474:3,855,100
468:11,061,000
441:11,491,000
414:13,457,000
387:14,904,000
360:48,925,000
333:66,394,000
306:population
2870:by region
2659:Potential
2413:Sinophone
2357:Ukrainian
2253:Romanian
2185:Lusophone
2054:Le Devoir
1759:Minnesota
1160:1,030,700
1045:Mauritius
1022:1,074,000
995:1,435,000
968:1,519,000
944:9,525,067
941:2,179,000
929:Louisiana
903:1,284,000
900:2,249,000
873:2,540,000
849:1,267,000
846:3,363,000
819:3,518,000
792:3,554,000
768:1,240,192
765:3,703,000
738:3,777,000
711:4,306,000
684:4,640,000
657:4,906,000
630:5,404,000
603:5,889,000
576:6,321,000
549:7,729,000
522:8,815,000
495:9,325,000
471:9,984,670
390:2,381,741
363:2,344,858
265:Countries
2954:Mercosur
2927:Americas
2798:Polarity
2766:European
2682:American
2644:Emerging
2639:Regional
2591:Politics
2586:National
2581:Maritime
2561:Economic
2493:Category
2076:Archived
1856:Archived
1771:Cambodia
1706:See also
1234:Cambodia
1207:Djibouti
1163:397,960
1136:127,930
1001:240,535
974:103,347
906:495,800
852:489,200
825:132,000
771:478,841
636:105,900
555:226,658
501:124,503
447:183,650
437:Cameroon
420:172,410
393:919,595
366:905,354
339:213,011
231:Oceanian
3075:Eurasia
2837:Studies
2718:History
2709:Pacific
2697:Chinese
2556:Climate
2345:Russian
2281:English
2242:Italian
2209:Catalan
2197:Spanish
1780:Belgian
1763:Vietnam
1751:Lebanon
1481:100,000
1477:Vanuatu
1454:180,000
1450:Mayotte
1433:32,433
1427:195,000
1406:91,430
1403:236,800
1400:204,000
1373:237,000
1369:Comoros
1346:278,000
1319:288,000
1292:303,000
1265:336,000
1244:69,898
1241:181,035
1238:463,000
1211:508,000
1184:642,000
1157:656,000
1133:331,340
1130:693,000
1126:Vietnam
1109:10,169
1103:793,000
1076:799,000
1072:RĂ©union
1049:926,000
1018:Burundi
998:622,984
971:267,668
869:Lebanon
822:342,000
798:21,925
744:94,926
741:245,857
717:44,310
714:114,763
690:75,951
687:196,712
680:Senegal
663:10,710
633:274,200
609:15,943
582:63,170
579:163,610
572:Tunisia
552:587,041
528:11,787
518:Belgium
498:322,462
444:475,650
417:446,550
410:Morocco
383:Algeria
336:551,695
290:Armenia
282:Romania
238:Origins
77:of the
3291:Global
3034:Europe
2880:Africa
2749:Theory
2702:Indian
2634:Middle
2622:Status
2566:Energy
2340:Polish
2298:German
2225:French
1941:7 July
1911:7 July
1828:Note:
1782:, and
1769:, and
1747:Canada
1690:Total
1670:
1643:
1616:
1596:10,000
1581:
1561:33,000
1535:39,000
1531:Monaco
1528:
1508:53,000
1501:
1487:4,706
1484:12,189
1474:
1447:
1430:84,000
1420:
1393:
1366:
1352:1,609
1339:
1325:7,172
1322:18,575
1312:
1285:
1258:
1231:
1217:8,960
1214:23,200
1204:
1177:
1150:
1123:
1106:26,338
1099:Rwanda
1096:
1069:
1042:
1028:9,915
1025:25,680
1015:
988:
961:
920:
893:
879:4,036
876:10,452
866:
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812:
795:56,785
785:
758:
734:Guinea
731:
704:
677:
660:27,750
650:
623:
606:41,291
569:
542:
525:30,528
515:
488:
464:Canada
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329:France
326:
288:, and
223:Creole
215:Slavic
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3393:is a
3332:This
2692:Asian
2664:Super
2654:Great
2629:Small
2608:Smart
2603:Sharp
2548:Types
2385:Welsh
2375:Irish
2310:Dutch
2218:Other
2104:(OIF)
1832:only.
1807:Notes
1776:Swiss
1677:6,000
1650:8,000
1623:9,000
1584:India
1376:1,861
1349:4,167
1295:1,128
1268:1,628
1187:2,586
1079:2,511
1052:2,040
964:Gabon
842:Niger
815:Congo
707:Benin
653:Haiti
286:Egypt
219:Latin
3395:stub
3338:stub
3242:G8+5
2978:Asia
2613:Soft
2576:Hard
2571:Food
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2350:list
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2291:list
2257:list
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2235:list
2202:list
2190:list
2084:2019
2009:2023
1943:2016
1913:2016
1767:Laos
1602:186
1541:0.7
1514:176
1460:144
1396:Laos
1379:719
1298:436
1271:629
1190:998
1082:970
1055:788
896:Chad
788:Togo
761:Mali
298:Rank
253:The
188:are
184:and
137:The
3257:G77
3252:G24
3247:G20
2686:Pax
2036:doi
1979:doi
1975:140
1683:89
1680:230
1629:55
1626:142
1599:483
1567:20
1511:457
1457:374
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