Bonjour!
say it: “bohn-ZHOOR”
French
in its own words: français
- Speakers
- 310 million (estimate)
- Family
- Indo-European – Romance
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Andorra, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, France, French Guiana, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French Southern Territories, United States of America
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Algeria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 33 more
Fun fact
According to the International Organisation of La Francophonie, most daily users of French now live in Africa. Kinshasa is the largest French-speaking city in the world.