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In the last millennium, the French were active in other countries like Africa and Canada. French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick (Acadia region) in Canada, the U.S. state of Maine, the Acadiana region of the U.S. state of Louisiana, and by various communities elsewhere. African French is the generic name of the varieties of French spoken by an estimated 115 million people in Africa spread across 31 francophone countries.

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