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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 6 [6th of 59]
English-speaking population > Total 9 [9th of 0]
French speakers 1 [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 19 [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 > % 1 [1st of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 1 [1st of 37]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 8 [8th of 32]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000 26 % [26th of 32]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > English 16 % [16th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > French 18 % [18th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > German 20 % [20th of 29]
Spanish status Bible 1553-1979.
World Esperanto Association > Years of presidency 3 [3rd of 10]

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SOURCES: ; English-speaking population includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. A first language, native language, arterial language, mother tongue, or L1 in linguistics, is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language. A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue (L1).; ; A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language. ; in Europe according to Bakker et al.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: France, French Republic, Republique Francaise

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