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Europe > France > Language

FRENCH LANGUAGE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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English-speaking population > As an additional language 16,000,000 [6th of 59]
English-speaking population > Total 16,000,000 [9th of 99]
French speakers 51,000,000 [1st of 31]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Jean Dupont, Paul Martin, Monsieur Durand, Monsieur Untel/ Madame Unetelle, Monsieur/Madame X, Pierre-Paul-Jacques (even though those are three very common, typical distinct surnames, this is often said as a long uninterrupted string, as if an actual composed surname: "or" is added in the middle sometimes: "Pierre-Paul-ou-Jacques")
Languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 99.9 [19th of 174]
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > English
yes(Jacques Chirac speaks fluent English. )
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > French yes
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Japanese no
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 12.75 [1st of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 13 [1st of 37]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 215,000 [8th of 32]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000 70 % [26th of 32]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > English 36 % [16th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > French 6 % [18th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > German 8 % [20th of 29]
Spanish status Bible 1553-1979.
World Esperanto Association > Years of presidency 13 [3rd of 10]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; Ethnologue; Wikipedia: John Doe ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature ; Wikipedia: Romani language ; Wikipedia: Languages of the European Union ; Wikipedia: World Esperanto Association

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: France, French Republic, Republique Francaise

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