According to OIF, the International Organization of French Language, 200 million people speak French as their mother tongue in Europe, Sub-Saharian Africa and North Africa (2006-2007).
French is spoken by 63 million people in France, 16 million in Algeria, 11.5 Million in Canada…
French is the official language of the International Red Cross
Montréal is the second largest French speaking city in the world
In 1962 Leopold Sédar Senghor founded « francophonie » to promote French as a world language and French culture.
France, Canada, Belgium and Swtizerland have been financing French language for many years and defending French against the widespread of English in business and economics all around the world.
In 2005 the Carta for French as a world language was signed to give more coherence and weight for promoting French.
The Good Reasons to Study French
France is the world’s major tourist destination with Paris,
the Riviera and the Rhône-Alpes region.
France is renowned for the quality of its life conditions.
About 2/3 of English words have their origins in French.
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