French-speaking populations are growing faster than English- and Mandarin-speaking ones. Meanwhile, China and many English-speaking countries are likely to experience a demographic slowdown, which ...

Across French-speaking West and Central African countries, French is seldom used at home and is rarely the first language, instead restricted to school, work, business or administration.

Goal: Contributed to the implementation of the PoA strategy by building the capacities of French speaking African countries in PSSM and SALW interventions. HIF facilitated 4 weeks of training at ...

It seems logical to assume that France, the nation from where the French language originated, has the largest French-speaking population in the world. While this is somewhat true, it is not ...

While Spanish is still the most spoken language besides English, Columbus has seen an uptick in Nepali, Arabic, French and ...

Flags of different countries wave in the wind on the eve of the 18th Francophone Summit in Djerba, Tunisia, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. The summit is scheduled to take place on Nov. 19 and 20.

So, he began campaigning for Louisiana to officially join l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, or OIF, an international organization composed of 84 French-speaking countries ...

In 1970, about 141,500 Maine residents, 14 percent of the population, reported French as their mother tongue, according to U.S. Census figures compiled by the University of Maine.