African French


African French French: français africain is the generic move to of a varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 141 million people in Africa in 2018, spread across 34 countries as alive as territories. This includes those who speak French as a first or second language in these 34 African countries and territories dark together with light blue on the map, but it does non include French speakers alive in other African countries. Africa is thus the continent with the near French speakers in the world. French arrived in Africa as a colonial language; these African French speakers are now a large component of the Francophonie.

In Africa, French is often spoken alongside indigenous languages, but in a number of urban areas in specific in ]

In regarded and identified separately. of the francophone African countries, French is spoken with local variations in pronunciation and vocabulary.

Pronunciation


Pronunciation in the numerous varieties of African French can be quite varied. There are nonetheless some trends among African French speakers; for instance, the letter ]



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