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1 Francophone Caribbean
2 French Ontarians
3 Vancouver Island and Ontario
4 Vietnam
5 Map of French in Canada
6 Louisiana
7 Rwanda and Burundi
8 London
9 Saint Pierre and Miquelon

[edit] Francophone Caribbean

This map seems to show Puerto Rico (coloured and circled in Blue for administrative language) as French-speaking. I assume the author meant to have the circle further to the south-east to indicate Guadeloupe and Martinique?

I came here to post the same thing. --Grocer 01:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

fixed --Astrokey44 13:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] French Ontarians

As a Ontario born person I wish to explain that I'm not native to French and altough I was forced to take 5 years of french in school I still no little french. I'm certain that a few others took it in like a sponge but the idea of Ontario being "native" has got to be wrong.

[edit] Vancouver Island and Ontario

My friend and I are living in Victoria, BC... why isn't Vancouver Island shaded the same as the rest of Canada? And as for Ontario, French is an administrative language in that province but it only contains a small minority of Francophone communities. French is only an official language in Quebec, New Brunswick and (I believe) Nunavut. Queerwiki 06:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vietnam

This map is a bit misleading. Those who speak French in Vietnam are rapidly dying. French has no official status in Vietnam (except that Vietnam is part of the Francophonie). I'd say that more people know English than French. If Vietnam is counted as a "French-speaking country", it must be counted as an "English-speaking country" as well. You know how silly that sounds? DHN 00:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

It's counted as "Russian-speaking country" [1]. --Grocer 20:02, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map of French in Canada

The map presented shows Ontario as a French speaking part of Canada. With just 4.4% of Ontarians claiming French as a working language that is very misleading. Many Ontarians may be bilingual but English predomiantes in all but a few enclaves. French is not an official language of Ontario.

edited it to remove ontario --Astrokey44 13:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The map should put ALL Canada in dark blue... and especially bring back Ontario in dark blue! French is an official language everywhere in the country, regardless of the province, and in Ontario, that's especially true because they are 500 000 franco-ontarians, and in Ontario, there is laws that assure that French IS an official language in Ontario (even if it is across Canada) and that guarantees services to the french population in Ontario. So please, put all Canada in dark blue, or at least bring back Ontario in dark blue on the map. --Deenoe 12:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

After reading the legend, it should at least be in the blue. (The blue between Light and Dark) --Deenoe 12:21, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Louisiana

Technically, Louisiana (in the US) should be shaded light blue; French is an official language in the state, even if it is only used by a small minority. The Jade Knight 21:47, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

the green square on it indicates this, according to the legend --Astrokey44 11:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Not quite—the green square indicates a francophone minority, not that it is an official language (and it is an official language in the entire state, not just New Orleans). The Jade Knight 18:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

alright I changed it to light blue. although i was just thinking maybe it would be better as the mid-blue color as an administrative language? --Astrokey44 10:04, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Possibly, though English is the primary administrative language, so I'm not sure how appropriate that would be. The Jade Knight 16:39, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rwanda and Burundi

Rwanda and Burundi are officially French-speaking. Please add. 83.227.25.1 20:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] London

London may be worthy of a green square - a substantial number of French people have moved there, on a permanent or temporary basis, for employment reasons in recent years. Funnyhat 07:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)