Because it used to be a French colony, so the French language was present for many years.
Even now, the island of Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago is still under France's jurisdiction and does not belong to the Union of the Comoros, having requested to stay French in a 1974 and 1976 referendum at an overwhelming 99.4% of votes, and requested in another referendum in 2009 to become an oversea department of France in 2011.
Comorian is spoken and common in Mayotte, but is not an official language there.
In the Union of the Comoros, Arabic, Comorian and French are the three official languages across all islands.
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Comoros, part of the Comoro Islands archipelago, were once called "The Perfume islands" for the scents including vanilla. The French colony of the Comoros (Les Comores) included these islands and Mayotte (now a separate French territory).(See the related Link for history and peoples of the island country Comoros.)
les Comores (plural)
French is mainly spoken in African countries which were once French colonies. Soem of these include: Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Djibouti, Gabon, Madagascar, Comoros, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
French is spoken in Canada.
French is spoken on all continents except Australia.
French is mainly spoken in African countries which were once French colonies. Soem of these include: Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Djibouti, Gabon, Madagascar, Comoros, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
The capital city of the "Union of the Comoros" is Moroni.(The country is Comoros, while the archipelago, which includes the French island of Mayotte, is the Comoro Islands.)The capital and largest city is Moroni
There are 29 countries where French is spoken as an Official language: Democratic Republic of the Congo France Canada Madagascar Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Burkina Faso Niger Senegal Mali Rwanda Belgium Guinea Chad Haiti Burundi Benin Switzerland Togo Central African Republic Republic of the Congo Gabon Comoros Equatorial Guinea Djibouti Luxembourg Vanuatu Seychelles Monaco
Quebec is the largest prvince in Canada where French is spoken and Montreal is the 2nd largest city after Paris where French is spoken.
Mayotte is a French island in the Comoros archipelago. Its inhabitants choosed to stay Frenhc while the other islands of the archipelago choosed to be independent.
The capital city of the "Union of the Comoros" is Moroni.(The country is Comoros, while the archipelago, which includes the French island of Mayotte, is the Comoro Islands.)