NormanH Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 is French going to become the new world language?Probably notbut this article is worth reading, even if only for some of the amusing quotations it contains.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/02/french-language-world-lingua-franca-emmanuel-macron-optimism-grandiose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 It is widely spoken in certain parts of the Sahara! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Not widely spoken in Eymet !!!If the French language can't conquer Eymet I am not sure it has much chance as a world language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 It will always be a major world language but not likely to ever reach dizzy heights. That honour will come from China or Spain with English always up there as well. It’s one contest that England and Germany will never have to settle with a penalty shootout, German is a real also ran in world terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 BinB is spot on:https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-worldWhat the future holds is probably not what western countries envisage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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