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French is the Official language in 29 countries. It is the first language for only 75M because in the majority of the other countries [b]the population has a dialect as a first language [/b]and French as their "common" language. I.e all over West Africa for ex..

Plus, if you want to work for the UN, the 2 official languages are English and French. French is still required or at least an asset for jobs at the UN, World Bank, International dev NGOs, foreign diplomacy etc..[/quote]

Aka a language as a first language.[/quote]

PP here: I meant that the population of most of those 29 countries has a lot of different dialects (Wolof, Soninke, Bambara etc...) so the language that ends up being spoken by most people in the country is French. Which makes it de facto the most useful language to know if you go to such a country.

And no, there is a difference between a language and a dialect. The line is subject of debates between linguists and is certainly subjective, but when you have languages attached to certain ethnic groups, that have no written form, it is not a stretch to call them a dialect (although I wouldn't call Wolof a dialect for ex) [/quote]

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