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French is the official language** in Belgium, Benin, Burkina, Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central, African, Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte, d’Ivoire, Democratic, Republic, of, the, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial, Guinea, France, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Republic, of, the, Congo.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gabon

Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritius, Reunion, Mayotte, Comoros all have France as the closest nation.

The daily use of French has increased by 17% on the African continent from the survey period 2010 to 2014, compared to an 11% growth in the rest of the world. French remains the sole official language in 11 African countries, and the second official language in 10.

Did you know that they speak French in Africa? The French language was brought to the African continent through colonialism. During the 1950s and 60s, France and Belgium lost control of their African colonies, however, French is still spoken in at least 29 African countries.

French is the second most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union. Of Europeans who speak other languages natively, approximately one-fifth are able to speak French as a second language….French language.

If you are hoping to move to Quebec, French is useful to you! If you are also interested in planning on traveling to France or other francophone countries, then yes, it is useful! It might not be as common in the US, but if you are in an urban area, you should be able to find French speakers.

The number of people speaking French has shown a steady increase: up nearly 9.6% since 2014. Measuring from 2010 to today, 22.7 million more people speak French: 68% of these are sub-Saharan Africa, while 22% live in North Africa.

The Most Important Languages To Learn In 2020

1. Mandarin Chinese. With over one billion Mandarin Chinese speakers in the world, of course it tops the list of most important languages to learn in 2020.
2. Spanish.
3. German.
4. French.
5. Arabic.
6. Russian.
7. Portuguese.
8. 8. Japanese.

List of The 7 Fastest Spoken Languages in The World.

1. 1. Japanese: Japanese is the fastest recorded language.
2. Spanish: Spanish is right behind Japanese and is nearly as fast with a rate of 7.82 syllables per second.
3. French. French lags just a little far behind with a rate of 7.18 syllables per second.
4. Italian.
5. English.
6. German.
7. Mandarin.

Mandarin: Chinese language is the new boss in town with the largest number of native speakers—nearly 982 million persons while more than 1.1 billion people know the Chinese Mandarin dialect. Mandarin is the one language that just does not miss any list of the most popular and useful languages for the future.

These are the most spoken languages in the world:

1. Mandarin Chinese. And the winner is…
2. Spanish. Used in about 30 countries.
3. English. Certainly is the leading global language, but its native speakers number is “only” 360 million worldwide.
4. Hindi.
5. Arabic.
6. Portuguese.
7. Bengali.
8. Russian.

And the most beautiful languages in the world are…

• FRENCH – MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOKEN LANGUAGE.
• GERMAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNG LANGUAGE.
• ARABIC – MOST BEAUTIFUL WRITTEN LANGUAGE.
• ITALIAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL BODY LANGUAGE.

The Top 10 Most Spoken Languages in the World

• Hindustani (544 million speakers)
• Spanish (527 million speakers)
• Arabic (422 million speakers)
• Malay (281 million speakers)
• Russian (267 million speakers)
• Bengali (261 million speakers)
• Portuguese (229 million speakers)
• French (229 million speakers) Number of native speakers: 76 million.