Québec City will host the XIIe Sommet de la Francophonie from October 17 to 19, 2008.
What is the Francophonie Summit? Who attends? Who are the members of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie? What body is responsible for organizing the XIIe Sommet de la Francophonie?
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La Francophonie in numbers
- About 200 million people around the world speak French.
- Francophones are the 9th largest linguistic community.
- French is an official language, alone or with other languages, in 32 member states and governments of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
- French, along with English, is one of the only two languages spoken on five continents.
- About 83 million people are learning French. It is the second most taught after English.
- The continent of Africa has the highest number of Francophones, who represent close to 10% of its total population.
- In the European Union, French as a mother tongue has the second-highest number of speakers (16%), after German (23.3%).
- French is the third-most popular language on the Internet, with 5% of webpages, after English (45%) and German (7%).
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