The word ‘francophonie’ was first employed in 1880 to refer to people and countries using the French language globally. Today there are more than 220 million French speakers, making the language the second most spoken mother tongue within the European Union and the ninth most spoken in the world. March 20, 2013, is International Francophonie Day.VIDEOGRAPHIC
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