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Which countries have both English and French as official languages?

Question #74806. Asked by author.

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Cameroon, Canada, Rwanda, Seychelles and Vanuatu, according to the list here:

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages#Official_languages_of_sovereign_countries

Jan 21 2007, 9:57 PM
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This is a useful "List of Official Languages." If you scroll down to "English," you can see which countries also officially use French. And vice-versa:


link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages

Jan 21 2007, 9:58 PM
skysmom65
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Nigeria
Canada
Cameroon
Rwanda
Mauritius
Vanuatu
Seychelles
link http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-official-languages

Jan 21 2007, 10:06 PM
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To skysmom 65: It seems that English is the only official language in Mauritius. This has to be clearified. Your other answers seem to be correct.

Jan 21 2007, 10:16 PM
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A lot of internet references plus both of my dictionaries claim that English is the only official language in Mauritius. This quote is from the Wikipedia article on Mauritius:

The official language of Mauritius is English. French dominates the media and business, radio and television, despite France having lost its colonial dominion over the island nearly 200 years ago. The French-derived Mauritian Creole, with influences from the other dialects, is widely spoken (80%) on the island and is considered the lingua franca of the country. French and French creole is used in everyday life. Several other languages, including Arabic, Portuguese, Indian languages such as Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati or dialects of Chinese like Cantonese, Hakka and Mandarin are also spoken.

Jan 21 2007, 10:36 PM
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Nigeria should not be on the list. Its official language is English. Niger (a different country) has French as its official language).

Jan 22 2007, 1:18 AM
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