Language Family: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French Alternative Names & Spellings: Français Spoken by More Than 64,858,000 people Official Language of: Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mayotte Island, Monaco, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion Island, Rwanda, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo Dem. Rep. of, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti Also Spoken In: Switzerland, Syria, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte Island, Monaco, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion Island, Rwanda, Laos, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo Dem. Rep. of, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Haiti |