| Country | Speakers | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 111000 | |
| Benin | 16700 | |
| Burkina Faso | ||
| Burundi | 2200 | |
| Central African Republic | 9000 | |
| Chad | 3000 | |
| Cameroon | Used mainly in the Littoral, West, Center, South, East, Adamawa, North, and Far North provinces. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French | |
| Congo | 28000 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Ivory Coast | 17500 | |
| Djibouti | 10200 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | ||
| Gabon | 37500 | |
| Ghana | ||
| Madagascar | 18000 | |
| Niger | 6000 | |
| Rwanda | 2300 | |
| Senegal | 20000 | |
| Seychelles | 980 | |
| Togo | 3000 | |
| Tunisia | 11, 000 | in Tunisia (1993). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French |