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Reason: French is no longer an official de jure language in Mali and Burkina Faso

Summary

DescriptionMap-Francophone World.svg	English: The French language in the world States where French is the majority native language (Dots: cities with native transmission, typically a minority) States where it is an official or administrative language States where it is a culturally important language The following things have been changed from the old "Map-Francophone World.png": Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are no longer fully colored in light blue, this is because French is not used there very much these days. Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso and the Western Togoland area of Ghana have been colored light blue, because the French language is widely used. There are even more French speakers in those countries where French is the official language. Français : La langue française dans le monde Langue maternelle Langue officielle ou administrative Langue importante et/ou de culture Les modifications par rapport à l'ancienne version "Map-Francophone World.png" sont : Le Viêt-nam, le Cambodge et le Laos ne sont plus colorés en bleu clair en entier, car la langue française n'y est plus beaucoup utilisée aujourd'hui. Español: El idioma francés por el mundo Lengua materna Idioma oficial o administrativo Idioma de importancia cultural Català: La llengua francesa al món Llengua materna Llengua oficial Segona Llengua Bahasa Indonesia: Bahasa Prancis di dunia Negara dengan bahasa Prancis sebagai bahasa asli mayoritas (Titik-titik: kota dengan penutur asli, biasanya minoritas) Negara dengan bahasa Prancis berstatus resmi atau digunakan dalam administrasi Negara dengan bahasa Prancis berfungsi penting dalam budaya
Date	15 August 2007
Source	Own work
Author	aaker (original PNG file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New-Map-Francophone_World.PNG )
Other versions	Detailed SVG map of the Francophone world.svg

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:52, 19 October 2024	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	IntelloFR	Reverted to version as of 03:15, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
	03:16, 13 October 2024	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	SpinnerLaserzthe2nd	Reverted to version as of 03:09, 13 October 2024 (UTC) Never mind
	03:15, 13 October 2024	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	SpinnerLaserzthe2nd	Changed Mali and Burkina Faso to light blue
	03:09, 13 October 2024	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	SpinnerLaserzthe2nd	At least the Western Togoland part because the HSGF mentioned that 11 percent there speak French in the Western Togoland area
	03:01, 13 October 2024	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	SpinnerLaserzthe2nd	I had emailed the HSGF (which is a group based in Ghana) and apparently, 11 percent of people speak French in Western Togoland
	19:24, 18 December 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Kwamikagami	french is still the language of govt in Mali -- consistency w USA in English map
	01:55, 28 October 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Salvabl	Mauritania's color fixed according to what it is stated in the description.
	02:08, 11 October 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Salvabl	Colors uniformity fixed.
	01:56, 11 October 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Salvabl	The standard on Wikipedia's world maps is the existence of a border between Morocco and Western Sahara. This is in accordance with the internationally recognized Moroccan borders. Therefore, the fact that French is a widely used language in Morocco is insufficient reason in this case. Either way, the Western Sahara territory could be highlighted if there were more than 20% French speakers within it.
	23:24, 12 August 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.43 MB)	SHB2000	tweak Mali per https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/26/mali-drops-french-as-official-language//