15 Most Populous Countries that Speak a Romance Language

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Lol I thought that too

yup exactly what I was gonna say

I tried it three times thinking there must be a typo, before I realised it's actually quite small.

Oh, for crying out loud. I got so focused on remembering all of Latin America I forgot friggin' SPAIN.

Yep, same.

What about Angola, Mozambique, Niger, DRC, etc?

In Niger and DRC the official language if French. Nonetheless, tribal languages are the first language of most people there too.

Many people in those countries speak a Romance language (e.g. French, Portuguese) but have a tribal language as their native tongue (which is what this quiz is about).

I don't think the reasoning is as simple as whether there are more native languages than the Romance language, but how many people in a given country speak the Romance language as a native tongue. Yes, Peru has Quechua, but most of Peru's residents speak the Romance language (i.e., Spanish) as their first language. That is not the case in many of the African countries cited in the comments.

But the quiz is "most populous" nations. The DR only has 10 mill so it just misses getting on this quiz.

But likely native french speakers will have a hard time understanding creole.

Walloon isn't "basically French". It's a different language, although it's part of the same family, the langues d'oïl. But not many people speak it these days. Most people in Wallonia now speak Belgian French, which is quite similar to "Standard" French.

I could not think of the last one for the life of me, and then was shocked to see it was Romania--for about half a second, until I looked at the word "Romania." Oh. Duh.

Foi um quiz muito bom! I loved the quiz. And although I speak English as a first language, I love romantic languages... Favorite is Portuguese.. the Jjjjjj of French and the beauty of the other latin languages like Spanish, Italian, Ladino, Romanian. Lots of African countries speak as well as Philippines has a good number who speak romantic language.

Maybe he misspelled romanic, that can be used instead of romance.

ps there is a world of difference between romance (languages) and romance aswell...

I thought he meant that the Romance languages sound romantic when spoken. In the movies the Casanovas always seem to quote French, Italian, or Spanish when wooing the ladies. Pepe le Pew is a prime example. :)

He just said that

Shouldn't Canada be here. They speak French in Quebec and they have like 35 million people

Apparently it is not the majority. That is what the quiz asks for

What about Haiti for French?

Then why is it on the quiz now??

Looking at other comments, I think Haiti replaced Belgium after the QM realized a majority of Belgians spoke Dutch, not French.

official first language of Mozambique is Portuguese and they have 29 mil, incorrect quiz, sorry.

Wikipedia says the last census in 2017 found that about 47.3% of Mozambicans speak Portuguese though it is the most widely spoken language. And only 16.6% are native speakers of Portuguese, which the quiz asks for.

also Cameroon where 83% speak French and 17% speak English, their population is 24 million, which means nearly 20 million speak French. and the list goes on and on and on

It think they "can" speak french, that doesnt mean it is their 1st language. Often I believe it is used as a lingua franca, the language they speak when two people have different first languages.

Why are Cameron Algeria and DRC not on this?

Algeria is most likely not on here because most of Algeria speaks Berber dialects as their first language, not French. It's probably the same deal for some of the other countries that have French and Portuguese as their languages such as Angola, Mozambique, and the DRC.

Most speak Arabic as first language

The problem is that there are different definitions of what constitutes a "native language". Wikipedia lists five:
Based on origin: the language(s) one learned first (the language(s) in which one has established the first long-lasting verbal contacts);
Based on internal identification: the language(s) one identifies with/as a speaker of;
Based on external identification: the language(s) one is identified with/as a speaker of, by others;
Based on competence: the language(s) one knows best:
Based on function: the language(s) one uses most.

Under some of these definitions, some African countries, including at least Angola, would qualify.

I'll miss reading your comments, Jerry.

Majority of Belgians are native Dutch speakers so Belgium does not fit the description of a country "where a majority of the residents are native speakers of a language derived from Latin".

I wonder which states are missing at all (not just top15). There are several American countries, Portugal, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican, Monaco, and Cape Verde. That's it?!

Also Moldova, Sao Tomé, Mauritius, Seychelles. But yeah I think that's all.

So Haiti has overtaken Cuba as the most populous Caribbean nation this year, tripped me up.

Almost forgot Romania

I really did not expect Haiti to have a larger population than Cuba even though Cuba is four times larger in terms of area. This quiz's source gives Haiti a population that is larger than Cuba by only 75,000 people.

Interesting quiz... although the title and the actual question don't quite match up...

Angola?

bruh i missed colombia but got peru and venezuela, what was i thinking

hm. I thought the Dominican Republic had more people than Haiti. I guess not. Close, though.

What about DRC? Nearly 33 Million French speakers!

That's not the majority of the country's population. And I think most of them aren't native speakers.

What about DR Congo? It has a population of 84.07 million and they speak French.

What about UK? ;)

0:25 Nice idea, thanks!