French Speaking Countries in Africa Africa makes up more than 70% of the world’s total French speaking population. Pronunciation of the letters [d], [t], [l] and [n] may also vary, and intonation may differ from standard French. French leaders have often interpreted opposition to sitting regimes or open rebellions in Africa as a result of foreign actors or ideologies. Several dozen languages can co-exist within a single country with various statuses. It is used in the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, but especially in cities such as Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Dakar, Senegal; Cotonou, Benin; and Lomé, Togo. Code-switching has been studied since colonial times by different institutions of linguistics. It is the capital of the most populous francophone country in the world, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an estimated 43 million people (51% of the total population) can speak French (essentially as a second language). The real-life Captain Kurtz: Rogue French army captain who turned from promising officer to depraved war criminal and massacred thousands in Africa 'inspired Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness' In Africa, French is often spoken alongside indigenous languages, but in a number of urban areas (in particular in Central Africa and in the ports located on the Gulf of Guinea) it has become a first language, such as in the region of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire,[8] in the urban areas of Douala and Yaoundé in Cameroon or in Libreville, Gabon. The underlying policy was to enable France implant French culture and civilisation on the people with the intention of suffocating the culture and fundamentalities of Afrikans. formal Abidjan French of the educated people: This page was last edited on 14 May 2021, at 16:04. The French variety used in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. Veuillez réessayer. The French in Africa Sélectionnez la section dans laquelle vous souhaitez faire votre recherche. These include countries such as Algeria, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Morocco, Rwanda, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Tunisia. French-African Foundation - Réseau et programme de Young Leaders africains, français, européens pour une croissance partagée. [citation needed], FPA has its own grammatical rules and lexicon. Retrouvez The French in Africa et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. In the colonial period, a vernacular form of creole French known as Petit nègre was also present in West Africa. The major policy of French colonial administration in West Africa until 1946 took on the wheels of "Assimilation". For this, the term "creolization" is used, often in a pejorative way, and especially in the areas where French is on the same level with one or more local languages. The Franc of the French Colonies in Africa (FCFA) during colonial times became with independence the Franc of the Financial Community of Africa (FCFA) in West Africa and the Franc of Financial Cooperation in Central Africa. Educated people there tend to speak a very formal sort of French which may sound a bit old-fashioned and conservative to European and North American French speakers. For example, chicotter is attested not only in Côte d'Ivoire but also in Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Central African Republic, Benin, Togo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. À la place, notre système tient compte de facteurs tels que l'ancienneté d'un commentaire et si le commentateur a acheté l'article sur Amazon. [citation needed], According to some estimates, French is spoken by 75 to 99 percent of Abidjan's population,[14] either alone or alongside indigenous African languages. Il analyse également les commentaires pour vérifier leur fiabilité. There are many different varieties of African French, but they can be broadly grouped into five categories:[9]. Africa is thus the continent with the most French speakers in the world. The local African French vocabulary not found in standard French ranges from slang frowned upon by educated people, to colloquial usage, to words that have entered the formal usage (such as chicotter).