Which countries have both English and French as official languages?

BungeeAZ

Canada for one. Jan 21 07, 9:51 PM

spanishliz

Cameroon, Canada, Rwanda, Seychelles and Vanuatu, according to the list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages#Official_languages_of_sovereign_countries Jan 21 07, 9:57 PM

lanfranco

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: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages Jan 21 07, 9:58 PM

skysmom65

Nigeria Canada Cameroon Rwanda Mauritius Vanuatu Seychelles http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-official-languages Jan 21 07, 10:06 PM

author

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 07, 10:16 PM

author

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 07, 10:36 PM

22crows

Nigeria should not be on the list. Its official language is English. Niger (a different country) has French as its official language). Jan 22 07, 1:18 AM