Canada French Courses
- French is the eleventh mainly widely-spoken language in the world.
- French is the official language of 33 nations in the world.
- French is spoken in two of the G7 nations.
- French is the mother tongue of 75 million people.
- 200 million people around the world understand, speak, read or write French.
- French is the official language of postal services across the world.
- French is one of the official languages of the International Red Cross.
- French-speaking Africa represents an area larger than the USA.
- French is the mainly widely taught second language after English.
- Over 20,000 English words contain their origins in French.
- In terms of number of words, French is the second largest language after English.
- In the humanities and the social sciences several of the mainly significant writings contain come from France.
- Students and researchers who know French contain access to these works for several years before they are translated into English. Many significant works are never translated and remain accessible only to those who know the language.
- France is one of the world’s major foreign tourist destinations (60 million tourists a year).
- France is Europe’s foremainly investor abroad.
- France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany contain the lowest rates of inflation in the European Union. This is an indicator of the health of these nations