Francophonie

all of the people and institutions that use predominantly French
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Summary

Francophonie is a language area[1]. They draws 4,517 Wikipedia views per month (language_area category, ranking #3 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Francophonie is credited with the discovery of Onésime Reclus[3].
  • Francophonie is in the country of France[4].
  • Francophonie is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Francophonie is in the country of Belgium[6].
  • Francophonie is in the country of Monaco[7].
  • Francophonie is in the country of Luxembourg[8].
  • Francophonie is in the country of Italy[9].
  • Francophonie's instance of is recorded as language area[10].
  • Francophonie's instance of is recorded as people[11].
  • Francophonie's instance of is recorded as ethnolinguistic group[12].
  • Francophonie's instance of is recorded as language community[13].
  • Francophonie's Commons category is recorded as Francophonie[14].
  • Francophonie's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Francophonie[15].
  • Francophonie's Commons gallery is recorded as Francophonie[16].
  • Francophonie's has characteristic is recorded as French[17].
  • Francophonie's different from is recorded as Francophone[18].
  • Francophonie's different from is recorded as Organisation internationale de la Francophonie[19].
  • Francophonie's studied by is recorded as francology[20].
  • Francophonie's has part is recorded as Francophone[21].
  • Francophonie's language used is recorded as French[22].
  • Francophonie's related category is recorded as Category:Francophonie by country[23].
  • Francophonie's economy of topic is recorded as Francophone economy[24].

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Works and Contributions

Francophonie is credited with the discovery of Onésime Reclus[3]. Things named for them include International Francophonie Day[25], a world day[26], founded in 1988[27].

Why It Matters

Francophonie draws 4,517 Wikipedia views per month (language_area category, ranking #3 of 17).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] They is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for them include International Francophonie Day[25], a world day[26], founded in 1988[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . universalis.fr. universalis.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . persee.fr. persee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · KimKelting · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Francophonie
    Sitelink count → 39
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'dag', 'de', 'en', 'eo', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Topic's main category: Category:Geographical distribution of the French language"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Francophonie
    Has characteristic → French
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 26076, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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