Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Ethnic groups in Gabon, Gabonese films, Gabonese music, Gabonese writers, Languages of Gabon, National symbols of Gabon, Religion in Gabon, Sport in Gabon, French language, Black panther, 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Beti-Pahuin peoples, Bwiti, Baka people, Andre Raponda Walker, Aro people, Moambe, Vincent de Paul Nyonda, La Concorde, Music of Gabon, Bessora, Bube language, Patrick N'Guema N'Dong, Flag of Gabon, Fang language, Mpongwe, Kota people, Culture of Gabon, Islam in Gabon, Coat of arms of Gabon, Angele Rawiri, Baka language, Teke people, Jean-Baptiste Abessolo, Gabon at the Paralympics, Beti language, Myene language, Imunga Ivanga, Ombamba language, Kota language, Bwisi language, Pounou people, Sangu language, Benga language, Duma people, Eshira people, Seki language, Centre International des Civilisations Bantu, List of Gabonese films, Lengue people, Bujeba people, Benga people, Cape Verdean Gabonese, Obamba, Buissi people, Boungome people. Excerpt: French (, IPA: ) is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, French-speaking Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, and the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of which reside in Francophone Africa. In Africa, French is most commonly spoken in Gabon (where 80% reports fluency) Mauritius (78%), Algeria (75%) and Cote d'Ivoire (70%). French is estimated as having between 70 million and 110 million native speakers and 190 million second language speakers. French is the second-most studied foreign language in the world, after English. French is a descendant of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, as are languages such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Sardinian and...