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A.4.3 Qui parle français ?Note : In French, the decimalplaces are separated fromthe integers by a commarather than a period. 10,2 inFrench = 10.2 in English. Conversely,1.000.000 in French =1,000,000 in English.LA FRANCOPHONIE - L’EUROPE ET L’AFRIQUEMini-Vocabulaire:combien [kÕ bjẼ] how many, how muchcent [sÃ] hundredmille [mil] thousandmillion [mi ljÕ] millionvirgule [vir gyl] commaQUI PARLEFRANÇAIS ? French isspoken as a native languageby about 77 million people.Far more people speak Frenchas a second language than asa first language. About 220million people live in countries,especially in Africa, whereFrench is an official language,meaning that it is the languageof education and government,even though it is usually notthe native language of thepopulation. Not all the Francophonenations of Europeand Africa are labeled on thismap, but even among thosethat are named, French playsmany different roles : a nativelanguage ; a lingua franca(common language) thatgroups with different nativetongues use to communicate ;a language of commerce andof diplomacy. French is thesecond most commonly taughtsecond language, behind onlyEnglish. A good estimateis that approximately 115million people speak Frenchas a part of their daily life,and about twice that manyuse it on a regular basis. Seehttp ://french.about.com/library/blwhatisfrench.htmLa population (en millions) de quelques pays francophonesRegardez la carte et dites combien de personnes habitent dans chaquepays francophone.1. la France2. le Mali3. le Niger4. le Maroc5. le Tchad6. le Sénégal7. le Cameroun8. le Rwanda9. la Belgique10. l’Algérie11. la Côted’Ivoire12. la RépubliqueDémocratiquedu Congo20 Chapter 1 Bonjour! Ça va?