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Reason: French is no longer an official language in Mali

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DescriptionMap-Francophone World.svg	The French language in the world States where French is the majority native language (Dots: cities with native transmission, typically a minority) States where it is an official or administrative language States where it is a culturally important language The following things have been changed from the old "Map-Francophone World.png": Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are no longer fully colored in light blue, this is because French is not used there very much these days. Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have been colored light blue, because the French language is widely used. There are even more French speakers in those countries where French is the official language.
Date	15 August 2007
Source	Own work
Author	aaker (original PNG file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New-Map-Francophone_World.PNG )
Other versions	Detailed SVG map of the Francophone world.svg

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:24, 18 December 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Kwamikagami	french is still the language of govt in Mali -- consistency w USA in English map
	01:55, 28 October 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Salvabl	Mauritania's color fixed according to what it is stated in the description.
	02:08, 11 October 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Salvabl	Colors uniformity fixed.
	01:56, 11 October 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.47 MB)	Salvabl	The standard on Wikipedia's world maps is the existence of a border between Morocco and Western Sahara. This is in accordance with the internationally recognized Moroccan borders. Therefore, the fact that French is a widely used language in Morocco is insufficient reason in this case. Either way, the Western Sahara territory could be highlighted if there were more than 20% French speakers within it.
	23:24, 12 August 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.43 MB)	SHB2000	tweak Mali per https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/26/mali-drops-french-as-official-language//
	07:15, 8 August 2023	2,757 × 1,412 (1.43 MB)	Moalli	Light blue dots in Indochina per WP-fr
	22:29, 6 August 2023	2,754 × 1,398 (1.35 MB)	M.Bitton	French is neither an official nor administrative language in Algeria
	21:14, 6 August 2023	2,754 × 1,398 (1.35 MB)	Kwamikagami	per WP-en discussion: added Mauritania as admin, + L1 cities Libreville, Yaounde, Lafayett, Moncton, Sudbury
	19:50, 4 August 2023	2,754 × 1,398 (1.34 MB)	Kwamikagami	broad admin use in Algeria, per discussion WP-en 'French language' article
	12:33, 4 August 2023	2,754 × 1,398 (1.34 MB)	Kwamikagami	rv: objections against adding Laos & Camb. back in. If justified, please present sources on Talk page of WP-en article 'French language'.