The decline of the French language: resisting a colonial history

French President Emmanuel Macron admitted that French as a language has been declining in several countries. So why is this happening? And to what extent will this compromise France’s influence in these countries?
#France #French #colonialism
00:00 Intro
00:39 Why is the French language declining?

[@Joshdyisdifh]

French is making a decline even in Algeria.

[@woozyz2769]

GOOD, should use indigenous language

[@stellarknight04]

In Morocco too 🙌

[@ShahJee101]

Only algerians moroccans and some other arab nations are gaga about french, most of the world don't care about the french or its language.

[@Ali-xx8ej]

@@ShahJee101 I am Arab/Middle Eastern and I love French but I dislike colonialism and Macron

[@aatikae1951]

@@stellarknight04 Let's not lie to ourselves please...

[@EnglishOrthodox]

As an Englishman who hates everything French for Absolutely No Reason I see this as a massive W

[@YesSir-ms3uk]

God bless the English language an the English people

[@EnglishOrthodox]

@@YesSir-ms3uk indeed, Anglo-Saxon supremacy 💪🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@cjhan9816]

Arthur Wessley >>> Napoleon Bonaparte

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

Thnk god French must be replace English, no need French language, Mali replace Arabic to French, but remove French, Chad almost want to remove Arabic, Niger and Mali soon will spoke English as lingua franca or return of Arabic

[@selemanshidda9688]

Swahili language is now replacing the colonial languages!

[@aravind4946]

I think English has transcended the status of being a language to be a skill. In modern world it’s important to learn certain skills like driving. Ability to speak good English has also become a necessary skill for survival. No language has been able to do this in human history.

[@saadiaarslanturk2850]

In the middle ages, Arabic language was language of scholarship in the known world..

[@memesins5647]

Persian was in the early modern period. The Brits had to learn Persian to conduct business From records of Thomas Roe

[@grammoore]

Thats what French was for a millennia until it fell out of fashion, it was so prevelant that many courts around Europe spoke French rather than their native langauge.

[@saadiaarslanturk2850]

@@memesins5647 Persian was a language of Mughal court who were ethnically Turks but used Persian as a court language. So when British came to India...quite naturally had to conduct business with Persianized Mughals in Persian. However, Arabic in the Middle ages was a language of scholarship because under Abbasid court ....Persian, Arab and central Asian scholars in the " House of Wisdom" of Baghdad translated Indian, Greek, Persian and Roman knowledge into Arabic which was transferred to Europe and was used in universities there. Hence making Arabic a language of scholarship. This also paved a way for European Enlightment centuries later. Fascinating stuff..

[@saadiaarslanturk2850]

@@grammoore Not sure for millenia... at best few hundred years..

[@MrCoton.]

My mom is french 🇲🇫 my father is türk🇹🇷, I live in Türkiye and when I came to Türkiye 5 years ago I wanted to be French teacher but I changed my mind because nobody here want to learn French. There are 200 universities here only 10 have french department and after that to find a job it's very difficult. Turks today prefer learn German, russian and English. So yes french language losing its place. French is dead in Türkiye.

[@MrCoton.]

@Abdullah I think there are lot of Turks in Germany and some of them want to go to Germany. Russian is for job opportunities, we have lot of russians tourist in Türkiye.

[@MrCoton.]

@Abdullah yes elhamdülillah

[@Joshdyisdifh]

French is making a decline, even in Algeria.

[@thedstorm8922]

@@Joshdyisdifh the decline in Algeria was inevitable But I didn't expect that decline in Quebec

[@diazcastro7331]

@Abdullah how relevant is that

[@factsoverfear9771]

There is many good French ppl. But African ppl are tired of the French system abusing African countries 💡

[@carp433]

There is no good french people this people are evil

[@diazcastro7331]

How relevant is thus

[@factsoverfear9771]

@@diazcastro7331 It’s current. Very much so 💡

[@randomperson9187]

@@diazcastro7331 Very relevant considering that is the main driving factor as to why some nations are trying to push the French language out of their nations.

[@sparkle5184]

Why should Africans accept to be neo- colonized economically and culturally? In France people are proud of their language being spoken by many countries mainly in Africa but they don't respect them, they would never accept to teach their children another language other than English, Spanish or Germany.Few people start teaching their children Chinese or Japanese for economical reasons but a lot of French despise other languages, especially African or Asian languages. They feel superior to non- European countries. How could they expect Africans to keep on defending French as if it was their real mother tongue while they continue to treat them as inferiors?

[@fareedmohyuddin]

English is the most spoken language in the world now and lingua franca. It is almost impossible for any language to take over or come even close to English now.

[@navinasimoes]

Mandarin is the most spoken language

[@iche9373]

@@navinasimoes Yea, but mostly just in PR China.

[@AnonYmouS00816]

Arabic is fairly close given it is spoken in multiple countries as opposed to mandarin which is only spoken in China, French which is mainly spoken in qubec and France and hindi which is mainly spoken in india, Nepal and Bhutan

[@fareedmohyuddin]

@@navinasimoes by total number of speakers English is the most spoken language, by native speakers Mandarin

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

@@navinasimoes that’s because China has over 1 billion people. Mandarin is only spoken in China and some countries around it. English is by far the most used second language.

[@adma7298]

French fascism is ending and will be ended.

[@desistarktm7270]

Colonialism is evil but Ottoman and Mughal conquests demonstrates exemplary valour and Indians are lucky to be invaded by Mughals. our hypocrisy is peaceful.

[@adma7298]

@@desistarktm7270 We Indians love kings specially if muslim. We have been serving them since millinia to make them great.

[@robertthor2350]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@desistarktm7270]

@@adma7298 you're Indian?

[@adma7298]

@@desistarktm7270 yeah. currently I'm serving a muslim kingdom like tens of millions of us.

[@MB-dp1rj]

French is a very beautiful language but I support former colonial countries reclaiming their own language.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

Same

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

It is beautiful language. It's actually a Romance based from Latin Language of Diplomacy

[@ShahJee101]

Not really and yes

[@mlionea]

@SEEK THE TRUTH! why is Mohamed in hell ?

[@cecilia6352]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 no-one cares really

[@syedmuhammadmusab9573]

Nice video, but I think the video forgot to mention another important factor which has led to the decline of French and that is the entertainment industry. Whether it's hollywood or social media media, English has been dominating these fields. The impact of entertainment is very high on learning of languages. Most of my cousins, friends and even my little brother are fluent English speakers thanks to consummation of American and British cartoons and films. Meanwhile I have never seen or even heard of any French cartoons. And another reason that is the amount of people making migration to English speaking countries like the US, Canada, UK and Australia.

[@thedarkenigma3834]

Kie vi loĝas?

[@syedmuhammadmusab9573]

@@thedarkenigma3834 ???

[@syedmuhammadmusab9573]

@@thedarkenigma3834 English please

[@thedarkenigma3834]

@@syedmuhammadmusab9573 Ne, mi nur parolas la nura kaj vera internacia lingvo, Esperanto!

[@SeeLasSee]

If France has been more affirmative in ending the CFA franc system based in Paris and issuing currency for 14 African countries the sentiment might be more positive.

[@speartongamer6080]

We as North Africans have our own God given languages Darija and Tamazight. We don’t need the colonial of Europeans.

[@jzk2020]

Your language is arabic... you're colonizers too. Leave Africa and go back to your deserts of Arabia.

[@speartongamer6080]

@@jzk2020 my language is not Arabic it’s Tamazight and there is archaeological proof of the Amazigh existence in North Africa from 9000 years ago. North Africa is ours. Where were you when the French and Spanish invaded? You hid and ran like cowards and sold your own people while my people fought till death. Where were you when the British invaded? I give respect to the Zulu warriors for their bravery. As the Zulu and Amazigh are the last true African fighters that defend the continent of Africa. The rest of you betray Africa and now down to the Europeans.

[@hugh8090]

Said the man in English...

[@speartongamer6080]

@@hugh8090 would you like me to say it in Tamazight?

[@hugh8090]

@@speartongamer6080 yes!

[@fa5234]

The french far right when addressing arabs and africans tell them they shouldn't speak french because french is not theirs to use! Well they'll get what they want !

[@manuledictateurapleintemps2683]

Well I don’t know from what alternate universe you’ve got that vision of the French far-right, but you have big misconceptions.

[@bellohadiza9414]

The french is a foreign language and may soon become less and rejected throughout the whole world, the whole world is changing for the new future

[@shodan2002]

So is English I don’t care if it’s a foreign language the more languages you know the better I learned English and French in class its possible to know both

[@khantsal2305]

@bellohadiza9414 French language was long time forgotten language in global diplomacy. After WW2 French declined from the status of deplomacy language and replaced by English. In reality, English have much more native speaker and much more spread than French. Except from France, Belgium and Quebec French isn't spoken natively by people. Learning French is the biggest waste of time. It's better to know more than one language but I have no feelings to learning French I'd rather learn Spanish instead. French language sounds are very ugly to my ears.

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

@@khantsal2305 Spanish today is more advantageous than French. You can use Spanish not only in Spanish-speaking countries, but also in countries like Brazil and the USA.

[@michellemobakeng5938]

A dystopian future on our heels.

[@simonrobson2293]

Working not long ago had a young algerian student working alongside me,i was talking to him in french,not too well.Anyway he said younger generation prefer to learn english now

[@thato596]

If english is introduced anywhere then french will loose. french can not compete with english. Plus france is giving African countries problems neo colonialism. So it makes sense for them to remove french and introduce english.

[@dans7497]

And the military interventions of the US and the UK in the middle east are just a fantasy? It makes no sense to remove a language that has a history in a particular country to give another that has nothing to do with it an official status it's like as if in the Philippines Russian was given an official status that's why the official language in most ex french colonies is FRENCH. Another thing, is teaching English as a foreign language.

[@cartoona4781]

I have nothing against the French people, but French may well be the last language I would think of learning or teaching my children or even advising almost any person to learn.

[@pujirahayu50]

Agree. I lived in Switzerland less than a year but my German is B2. I stayed a year in France and my French is barely A1😅

[@Misho83]

Well, that's quite a stupid mentality. French is spoken in at least 30 countries on 5 continents and is predicted to have more than 500 million speakers by 2050. This video is heavily biased.

[@pujirahayu50]

@@Misho83 in my opinion, German is easier to learn than French. I love french and learn it in high school too😉

[@Misho83]

@Mira Moche bla bla bla so your argument is "a lot ignorant comments here so that's true". Wtf French is one of the most spoken languages on the planet and still growing. So calling it useless is beyond ignorant and stupid. Wtf.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@pujirahayu50 Wrong. The French language is more easier than German You're too lazy to proncunce letters

[@phalgunibhuyan3881]

French vs English means France vs UK English is the official language after 1945. USA took advantage of English

[@muhammadisaac07]

I don't think English only means UK. Unlike French it represent the entire world wide cultures. English means USA, English means Philippinesm English means South Africa, English means India. English means the whole world. Look I am a Bengali speaker but I can able to talk with you only because of English. And I don't feel I am oppressed by UK or any other country.

[@savagewrld236]

English isn’t global because of the UK lol the US is the sole reason

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

@@savagewrld236 the uk isn’t the main reason why English is dominant but what the french did with native languages the English did the same when they had an empire. The USA is the main reason but not the sole. The British empire was the biggest empire the world has ever seen

[@muhammadisaac07]

@@uzaidgurjee4798 👍👍

[@RafanFarooquib]

It’s kinda similar to greek and hellenism when it was famous back then

[@humayunachakzai2780]

French is declining as the French speaking Africa is slowly switching to English. Britain left it's colonies after their independence but France still interferes militarily, financially and politically with it's former colonies. In next 25 years the French status will decline as English will became second language in French Africa.

[@Wood.bridge]

فرانسوي افريقا نور يو خواب دي د فرانسويانو لپاره .

[@Belisarius536]

I can’t stand that Macron, he encourages us in Europe to lose our traditions and spews diversity nonsense to us and patronises europe for our colonial past but he wants the francophone summit to remain vigilant on keeping French alive in their old colonies. It’s all because France has a new business plan to monetise French and he wants France to be the middle man and conduct business for their old colonies in French and to gain a commission. Diversity doesn’t matter when money is involved it seems and neither does the self hate for the colonial past. Imagine going around the world “encouraging” ex colonies to speak the language of their colonisers for a profit and to teach them to understand France culturally by trying to make them culturally similar through the language so they start adopting French in their everyday lives while preaching diversity. What a hypocrite. I think that the old colonies should be careful because just wait until they have a little disturbance and French assets are threatened and they might just find that they are subject to tactical bombing and the French foreign legion are being sent in to “evacuate French nationals”. Believe me it has happened before, I know very well, I was once sent in to evacuate these invisible French nationals.

[@woozyz2769]

switching to english? eh maybe, in Mali the national language used to be french until recently they started using their indigenous language as their official language after the military take over

[@humayunachakzai2780]

@@woozyz2769 That is the right step forward as declining French is replaced English in the future.

[@dans7497]

That is not true, Britain also intervened in it's former colonies after their independence, like Nigeria, Oman or Malaysia. And the British have also military bases in Africa and around the world. And appart from the British you also have to take into account the US. Which has even more military bases and has made and makes more military interventions than any other country. But more people still learns English because the US has the world hegemony, when they lose it let's see what happens. For now, China is becoming more important and there are more and more places around the world where Chinese is taught.

[@mattoni553]

Meanwhile France assimilates its own language and culture Bretons Flemish Catalonians and Corsicans. Hope Africa can regain its own tongue.

[@ddumbamicheal2735]

So africa is one country? Disband it too 😂 africa is z colonial setup. The borders are a white man's making😂😂😂😂

[@monicadavidescu3927]

So what if i talk 2 languages FOREIGN .are foreign Languages .AND NO ONE HAS RIGHT TO DECIDE TO LET THE LANGUAGE maternal . British example ACUSE others because use their language BUT PERFIDIOUSLY HOW ARE . IMPOSED THOSE LANGUAGE. NO OK . always i say i don t talk english

[@cariopuppetmaster]

With english?

[@marksimons8861]

Many, many different languages are spoken in Africa. They generally do not follow national boundaries.

[@monicadavidescu3927]

@@marksimons8861 I know. I had a good friend. Nice person. Because degree high of education sent it . Italy way. Again new university.. and after 5 years and citizenship. 11 languages talking huh.. Nice respect.. I had from him... Also I respected him.

[@SeeLasSee]

If France has been more affirmative in ending the CFA franc system based in Paris and issuing currency for 14 African countries the sentiment might be more positive.

[@blackmagic6]

Well said.

[@saninkontron925]

franSS won't change, franSS is the msot brutal criminal and white suBremaSSsit country from white coutnry ! We are fed up with fransS lies, killings, invasions... I invite them to keep their language for themselves, people around the world have their own culture and language... Would you like that some obscure criminal come into your langue, destroy your culture, history, religion... and impose their languges??? Nobody wants that ! With all their crimes, still on going, fransS can go to hell ! Even Portugal, Spain, UK... stop with their crimes and occupations...

[@sujayraomandavilli4732]

One reason for the decline of French could be that it is very complicated

[@dans7497]

That depends on the point of view.

[@Ambrose-hb3bl]

Conjugation can be challenging but it's far easier than chinese.

[@cecilia6352]

@@Ambrose-hb3bl chinese is useful, the future global power, so at some point you should learn alongside with english, chinese

[@Ambrose-hb3bl]

@@cecilia6352 Only if you're a chinese native speaker or applying to be a spy. Probably learn English, Spanish and French.

[@dekippiesip]

​@@dans7497 yup. French is a lot easier for Italians and Spanish. But for me as a Dutch guy English is just much easier.

[@khaldrago911]

I had to learn french as a child. It was the biggest waste of time ever. As an adult I can tell you that it definitely didn’t pay off. People are better off learning Mandarin and Spanish.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

It's not a waste for me. I'm proud of being able to speak French. Actually a language of nobility back when France was once a Monarchy like UK. 🇨🇵🟦⚜️ We French weren't the worst one when it comes to colonies What about the British Empire and the Redcoats 🇬🇧🟥👑 It's because of them that World we know the English language is most widely spoken

[@moniho6907]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 i feel french holds more weight than mandarin and i think it depends on where you live in the world. I left the Caribbean to Germany and the German HATE the English language, English seems completely useless in Germany

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@moniho6907 Exactly. It depends where you live. The French Empire still living through it's Overseas Territories (mostly islands) Unlike the Commonwealth, they vote directly for the next French President Really the English language is useless in Germany ? I didn't expect to hear that 😳 Fun fact : The Russians actually love our French Language. Language of aristocratic and nobility It goes back in the 16th century to 19th. Considered as second language for them

[@moniho6907]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 yep you will NEVER EVER get a work with english, i was shocked to see such a big popular country with limited english, and the thing is they can speak it, but its like ror their own personal use not for others

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@moniho6907 The English and French language had actually been rivals for centuries. 🇫🇷🟦⚔️🇬🇧🟥 And People doesn't seem to understand that.

[@dadada486]

Personally, I don't really like the idea of English as the linguafranca either...but the truth is that English is a skill language. There isn't much argument for the continuation of French. The colonial legacy is just negative and insulting, and idea that it just needs to be used for "prestige" and maintain French influence is even more so! African countries should support African languages.

[@tayebizem3749]

I'll always prefer English over French Cause at least no one will start complaining about your accent or low grammar you know in English They do this a lot in French Literally they have a term for it Google the word "glatophobie" The French mindset is the problem here

[@cpj93070]

Why? cause you don't like British people or English people?

[@blackmagic6]

@@cpj93070: ….. and that too.

[@LazierSophie]

Do you mean "glottophobie"? Glatophobie does not exist at all.@@tayebizem3749

[@MJamilHoque]

There is nothing wrong with this. Countries that have been colonised and forced a language on them should return fully independent. Franch and other western countries should be fined based on their colonial history.

[@codingstories]

Tuŕķèý and afghàñistan should also be fined then . turkey due to oťťomòñ empire. And afģhàñìśťàñ due to mùģhàĺś

[@iX067]

@@codingstories haha jealous mf. Turks didn't force language or religion. They took these regions and let them live freely/protected them. People like you are clueless and spreading fake information. It's turks again who help African countries to get stronger and building them up to prevent western influence.

[@cowboy4762]

We want to see English & French languages should be faded away from this planet

[@navinasimoes]

Nope I want English or Portuguese to be the National language of India

[@iche9373]

Wrong? Pax Francia indirectly brought those countries to work together with an uniting French language. What do you want instead? A multipolar Africa where every state has a different language? This can lead to wars and other crisis if there is no common ground.

[@divergent2thinker]

The one and only reason why people choose English over French and other languages is financial and economic issues.....

[@ahmetmertozturk7099]

It's also much more easier than French

[@redhat4363]

Yeah france is too complicated and quite useless! Words like “cheap” doesn’t even exist in French!

[@wush7985]

France is weak economically there is more opportunity learning German France is not the heart of Europe.

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

​@@ahmetmertozturk7099french sounds classy compared to English

[@ahmetmertozturk7099]

@@krazyjnva2up2down55 But also hard to learn and pronounce. Slight mistakes can still be understandable at English. Good luck with trying to understand French with Asian Accents lmao

[@mansooraqureshi2696]

How cruel n callous it was for Colonial Powers to impose their ideological superiority on colonised Nations with total disregard to humanity that they deemed fit to be dominated in every manner to lose their identity. FRENCH still carry the flag of that arrogance..But there is no problem in learning the languages when it is not imposed. Speaking languages is a great art on the hynside.

[@clincpb8903]

Nice try but I believe Indians, Bengalis, Native Amerindian, South African, Australian Aborigines do know that the English are the most bloodthirsty, cruel colonisers they ever seen.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

Imagine

[@mrannymus]

If you have a problem, you can always fight back…? If you can’t physically fight, never accept the western languages as your own.

[@georgevadakkel9363]

@@clincpb8903 Portugese and Mughals were the worst towards Indians. Compared to them Brotish were gentlemen.

[@monicadavidescu3927]

It s nice to talks a person and others languages .Anyway never will be LOCAL .it s cruel because FORCE to talks for to be workers .status .no CITIZEN with rights Full .

[@eliotanderson6554]

We need to wipe out colonialism

[@taka-taktak]

English would have declined too if it was not used by americans. Commonwealth countries speak English becauss of the British but if America spoke some other language countries would've abandoned English by now.

[@larrydickman5936]

Guess which country receives $500 billion dollars every year from 14 poor African countries? ( Aka post colonial tax). France 🇫🇷 !!!

[@jn5171]

How can you maintain relevancy when almost all the country you colonised are the poorest amongst the poor?

[@dans7497]

By being a powerful country

[@hassangingi7033]

Non of the comments are in French on a subject of French interest!! This sums it up all!!

[@clincpb8903]

Il suffit de demander.

[@entraunes]

Coucou je suis francais, il suffit de demander Hassan.... et maintenant vous dites quoi? On va faire une discussion pendant 1h ???

[@dans7497]

Probably because the video was in English and logically the people that watches it may be English speakers? Also, hating the french culture because of the attrocities that the french government committed is stupid. Under that logic, you should also hate English for all the genocides that the British Empire did and all the military interventions and wars the Americans carry on.

[@jidao882]

@@dans7497 Atrocities were commited by every country in the world but sadly, many people like to think that it's all about the europeans when it comes to the dark side of history. As if the other are saints...

[@dans7497]

@@jidao882 agree

[@SomaliPeninsula]

Good bye France

[@entraunes]

Good bye Cabdi

[@ethanquenum4778]

Yup. Goodbye that trash country.

[@tyme5514]

French is not a love language. It is a colonial language and it is good that others are dumping it.

[@entraunes]

Je n ai jamais lu un commentaire aussi con et ridicule

[@tyme5514]

@@entraunes Cry me a river. Cry in French please

[@cariopuppetmaster]

So dump english then?

[@tyme5514]

@@cariopuppetmaster like I am carrying it on my back or something

[@cariopuppetmaster]

@tyme5514 yes. English by your logic is a racist colonizers language so therefore it must be destroyed

[@saddamhussein4480]

Time to Replace French By Russian.

[@muhammadisaac07]

Oh really?

[@muhammadisaac07]

How much money does Putin invest in Africa?

[@seandipaul8257]

@@muhammadisaac07 Wait do you think France invests in africa?

[@muhammadisaac07]

@@seandipaul8257 They do! Infect they do a lot just after USA and China.

[@delmanorshun2471]

@@muhammadisaac07 Wagner 😂🤣😂

[@nguyenhieu6731]

No France 👉🏻🇫🇷 Let's study Vietnam French has been erased from the Vietnamese community

[@__Man__]

For business purpose, learning English, Spanish and Arabic is better. If you love fashion, arts or poetry, then you can learn "the language of love"

[@diazcastro7331]

Arabic does not work for blacks

[@__Man__]

@@diazcastro7331 who said that?

[@randomperson9187]

@Man, Unless you're in the oil and gas sector how exactly would learning Arabic for business purposes be a prudent move?

[@__Man__]

@@randomperson9187 Arabic countries are not only oil and gas, they are moving toward industrialisation, real estate developers and in the future it could be agriculture, if that parabolic desalinator success

[@__Man__]

@@randomperson9187 do not firget that Chinese is also important now, because they invest the most

[@peaceloveunity3079]

Free Africa ✊ from modern colonialism France 🇫🇷

[@surprise_]

Viva french Africa🇨🇵

[@michaelmokotong]

French should not vanish on the continent, it should be used to get reparations for all the damage France has caused. It can also be used to prosecute the rapists, killers and thieves of the French empire who have charges to answer to in Africa and Haiti.

[@entraunes]

Je pense que vous devriez reouvrir vos livrs d histoire avant de dire de telles inepties

[@Turner24994]

thank you for speaking to me like this, I would know how to remember it during a call for donations following your umpteenth disaster

[@aymanardo1322]

i absolutely agree

[@ethanquenum4778]

Reparations ? Do you have any idea how the monetary system works ?

[@blackpanthar906]

Yes to English.✔ No to French.❌

[@markusfel47]

Goodbye, French Language. Au revoir.

[@SoyBoricuan]

привет

[@rafieubah1276]

I prefer English than French

[@AnyanwuS]

It should be "I prefer English to French"

[@ethanquenum4778]

@@AnyanwuS Yeah. I apologize.

since this video came out, mali has dropped french as an official language

[@TheHiphopgems]

What is the official language now?

[@diegoflores9237]

Really? Very cool. I heard Senegal was making changes too.

[@nedzadi]

I am long boycotting anything French and will keep doing it till I die.

[@kalyanvenkat6642]

That's coz can't afford french things

[@nedzadi]

@@kalyanvenkat6642 Then why macaroni guy was complaining about Arab boycotting their "unaffordable" and "valuable" products? What else they have?

[@asma-mushtaq]

Boycott is a 'love language of resistance'. One which hurts France and former colonial nations. I say good on you!

[@nedzadi]

@@asma-mushtaq I think it would be better for you to stop talking colonial power language over there. French treated and still treating you like animals.

[@entraunes]

Boycottez. Tout le monde s en fout ici. Et arretez de vous prendre pour une victime ou un martyr. La France vous a donne il y a bien longtemps votre independance.

[@savinggrace121]

French is a beautiful language, but is only useful in France tbh. And i completely understand why countries in Africa are dumping the language, unfortunately, France’s greed, terror and racism (back in their own country) has not helped in keeping their language alive outside of France. The fact they speak of liberty so much yet rule with a fist if u don’t fit into their mould is hypocrisy in itself. So sad they cannot even see that let alone accept that reality.

[@jidao882]

Only useful in France ?! Kinshasa is the city with the highest amount of french speakers in the world. In many african countries, a lot ot people don't even know the native tongue of their ancestors and only speak French. It's an official language in 29 Countries. More than 200 million people are using it on a daily basis. And please stop with the imaginary racism. France, like many countries in the west, asks you to respect the culture (and it's not hard at all). If you do it, you have pretty much zero issue.

[@thato596]

serendipity yes you right. That is why they must remove french

[@Turner24994]

but why come so many to france to encumber us and sleep in the end under the bridges

[@cecilia6352]

@@Turner24994 cause you occupied them for years, stole their treasure, actually until this day your are benefiting from the whole continent, not mention killing them...etc, you have a bloody history, so if you don't want them in that arrogant country of yours, you should let them alone, and stop stealing from them

[@Turner24994]

@@cecilia6352 I think you are possessed, go see an exorcist

[@thenbenagcz3931]

Learning language of former occupier its not necessary

[@trekkienzl2862]

The two biggest economic and military powers in the world are the United States (which speaks English) and China (which speaks Mandarin). India (largely speaks Hindi, English and Punjabi), the Philippines (speaks Tagalog and English), Indonesia (speaks Bahasa Indonesia) and Nigeria (which speaks English) have the four fastest growing populations in the world. English is the default language in international trade, diplomacy, science and engineering. How exactly does France think the French language will remain relevant to or fit in, going forward in the later 21st and 22nd centuries?

[@tomeekun]

I think they were banking on West Africa's growing population. If these nations rise to international prominence, then their influence would be a boon to popularising French. I assume they did not however count on these African nations rejecting French more and more.

[@munmunsarkar1726]

Punjabi isn't a top speaking language in India. And we don't speak English daily we use English only to communicate with other people speaking other language as India is so diverse. But we learn our mother tongues along with english in schools.

[@AchyutChaudhary]

Punjabi isn’t even in 🇮🇳 India’s Top-10 most-spoken languages 😂

[@AsiaMinor12]

​@@tomeekunwest Africa will probably hijack the language in the same ways English has been taken away from the British and now is mostly an American tool. France is too demographically small to capitalize on it.

[@tomeekun]

@@AsiaMinor12 I'm not too familiar with west african politics, but I know a lot of northern african countries like Egypt or Tunisia are starting to reject French more and more in favour of English. I can totally see west Africa following suit.

[@citizend878]

France is is déclining in several key areas not only language.

[@dans7497]

Practically all the "west"

[@etiemi9104]

Brilliant reporting.

[@LazierSophie]

Not, it is not brilliant. This Turkish report is really biased against the French language and France whose government and army support Armenia and Greece...

[@thato596]

This video came at the right time. I just watched videos on how rwanda changed from french to english. french is loosing strength. More countries to replace french with english and indigenous languages. Burundi algeria, morocco and others will follow. Vietnam removed french long years ago and today if you speak french there, they will not undertand you.

[@khantsal2305]

Exactly bro, Even French tourist have to speak English when they go to other countries because when they speak French foreigners couldn't understand them.

[@LazierSophie]

You are wrong. French is still taught in Vietnam. French retains a strong influence on Vietnamese education and society despite the rise of English language education facilitated by American-influenced globalization. The number of schools and university programs reimplementing or teaching French has greatly increased since the first decade of the 21st century. This is in large part due to government policies promoting the knowledge of more than one foreign language, with French and English as priority second languages. French also continues to be regarded as a cultural language in Vietnam, with its usage associated with the elite society and links to family tradition and national history, while English and other foreign languages are regarded as commercial vernaculars used with foreigners. The language also continues to be used as a working language in the medical, scientific, and diplomatic fields.

[@LazierSophie]

@@khantsal2305 You are wrong. French is still taught in Vietnam. French retains a strong influence on Vietnamese education and society despite the rise of English language education facilitated by American-influenced globalization. The number of schools and university programs reimplementing or teaching French has greatly increased since the first decade of the 21st century. This is in large part due to government policies promoting the knowledge of more than one foreign language, with French and English as priority second languages. French also continues to be regarded as a cultural language in Vietnam, with its usage associated with the elite society and links to family tradition and national history, while English and other foreign languages are regarded as commercial vernaculars used with foreigners. The language also continues to be used as a working language in the medical, scientific, and diplomatic fields.

[@mikeilikeit9685]

We want to learn Russian language

[@monicadavidescu3927]

😁👍

[@Ali-xx8ej]

Swahili would be good too Arabic as well

[@catherinegrimes2308]

Have you tried learning it? It is very difficult because the grammar gets in the way.

[@FatmirT]

Good to hear down to the drain their time is gone

[@wollin20]

Well, the decline of French is quite relative, as it is one of the fastest growing languages in the World. But, coming from a state owned Turkish broadcast, neutrality of POV is not really possible.

[@LazierSophie]

You are right. Turkey does not stand the fact that France militarily helps Greece and Armenia, two enemies of Turkey.

[@taro7145]

You really can't blame those African countries, they have every right to pick whatever language they like to use.

[@blackmagic6]

Well said. However it is idiotic for them to replace one coloniser’s language with another. We need to promote African languages in Africa.

[@davestang5454]

I don't see any logical, practical reason why French should not be supplanted by English as the dominant language. Preserving a language that isn't serving the international community well doesn't make a lot of sense. There is a lot of whining and crying out there concerning the demise of languages but it just seems like the natural and pragmatic evolution of culture to me. Not to say that English is a "superior" language but rather that it's the best or at least one of the best languages for business communication around the world and the world really does run around business. I also frequently hear, especially among Europeans, boasting about the ability to speak multiple languages. This usually directed at Americans, as though their monolingual habits somehow make them less "educated". That's nonsense. Imagine the greatly increased efficiency of communication around the world if one needs only to understand, speak, write in 1 or 2 languages, not 5, 10 or more. That's just sound practical reason.

[@louis-er9xk]

You must be American and monolingual (well, it is the same to issue such a statement). Languages have not been created for business communication, they are a human feature.

[@dans7497]

Then you must be that "American monolingual" because if you knew other languages you would know that a language is not just a tool. A language also carries a history and a culture, that's why many people around the world are very concerned about protecting and respecting languages and many know about the need of learning other languages to better interact with other people. If for example you are doing business with a French company and you are trying to convince them to trust you or to work with u will not get the same treatment if you accommodate them and speak French than if you expect them to accommodate YOU and speak English to YOU. Using and having different languages doesn't decrease efficiency, on the contrary; it creates more opportunities for people around the world and it can be more efficient to use a different language depending on the situation. For example, if two companies from Mexico and Germany negotiate in one or each other's language it can be even more efficient for them rather than using English.

[@dans7497]

The reason why English is widely used is not because it has some features that make it "better" for business. But because the most important companies in the world are American.

[@mrsporty9669]

No more colonies 👎

[@carp433]

France this lesson-giving country that will spend the winter with power cuts like a third world country🤣

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

I highly doubt that

[@dans7497]

Actually not, thanks to it's advanced nuclear power plants.

[@Turner24994]

make no mistake, you are the one living in a third world country

[@emmasophy]

Even English is a colonial language . Most countries colonised by french are turning to english

[@adghat7819]

English now became a global language. Every country now wants to learn their own language and English. That even goes to China. Yes, English was a Colonial language but it somehow became a language for all. English connects people.

[@dans7497]

@@adghat7819 that somehow is because the US, while the US has the hegemony it will be like that, but it won't be eternal.

[@dans7497]

They are not making it the primary or the official language.

[@khantsal2305]

@dans7497 Don't be jealous because it is bad for your health. 😂🤣😂

[@LazierSophie]

@@adghat7819 English will cease to connect people around the world when China takes over the USA economically, financially and militarily. Mandarin Chinese will rule the world.

[@hermsfresh9066]

Why should anyone speak French out of France? Do we worry about Wolof not spoken out of Senegal?

[@dans7497]

Why should anyone speak English out of UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand?

[@puntlandland2679]

French is RAINBOW 🌈 Language

[@BomDia759]

no, it isn't

[@tayebizem3749]

Me an algerian yes French lost a lot still official and used but the modern generation is getting used to English more better than French Me right now : Spanish is my new path 😎😎

[@ethanquenum4778]

Please, eradicate that language from your country. French is a cursed language, it stems from the devil.

[@nancycole-auguste6614]

Keep your own mother tongue and formulate just ONE extra language taught in all schools worldwide. It is not about pushing one culture it is about ALL cultures sharing common goals by communicating.

[@blackmagic6]

Well said. I find it idiotic to replace one coloniser’s language with another.

[@dans7497]

The more languages you know, the better. Which extra language may you want to be taught worldwide?

[@gerardvanschachten4663]

So you drop french because you don’t like colonial language, but then you replace it with English or Arabic ? This is stupid

[@alexskatit4188]

No, they are replacing it with English for economic, educational and scientific reasons.

[@gerardvanschachten4663]

@@alexskatit4188 french is better for all of that

[@MrOnion-js1ls]

@@gerardvanschachten4663 the US is still the number 1 economical and military powerhouse. Also, English is generally easier to pick up than French.

[@gerardvanschachten4663]

@@MrOnion-js1ls shut up stupid Anglo

[@gerardvanschachten4663]

@@MrOnion-js1ls I’m not conversing with you !

[@sunboy1558]

In the next 20 to 30 years French language will be a total decline In Africa , France is the most hated nation in Africa today just watch and see it happen

[@entraunes]

You are medium to see what happen in all africa? Ridiculous

[@florex5480]

Who care about what africa think, it's the third world. Nobody care about african people because they do nothing more than other parts of the world and only depend of occident power. Only ressources are important in africa.

[@louis-er9xk]

So why do so many africans try to reach our country ? Out of masochism ?

[@a1bda]

Free English Speaking Cameroon 💎

[@pierremarckenley945]

French has too much ambiguity. Every phrases can be interpreted in so different ways. So, it is not good for international laws and trade.

[@dans7497]

Actually French is more precise than English and is as precise as spanish

[@khantsal2305]

@dans7497 French is longtime constructed language.

[@zimelox]

Here's some historical facts about this issue: Unfortunately during 19th century, the French population barely had any growth in comparison with other European states, the proof is that only a few French emigrated to America or different places compared with millions of other Europeans who did that.The French population only grew by 8.6% between 1871 and 1911, while Germany's grew by 60% and Britain's by 54%. For four years in the 1890s, the number of deaths exceeded the number of births. During the colonial era, less than 120 thousand French settled in America, unlike 1.5 million from Spain and 950 thousand from Britain and Ireland. In WW1, France lost 10% of its male population, and millions of potential births were lost. So, to sum up, France always had deep demographic problem that whose consequences could be reflected on this particular issue.

[@monicadavidescu3927]

Me i always Talk just my language it s the FIRST RIGHT .as dignity and respect for my values origin .BUT no ok when push forced to talk other language at their order ANYWAY british always will be 1 racist .PAR example .so no needs of Dictatorship TO OBTAIN WORKERS at status of their necessary .

[@khantsal2305]

I want to learn all of the languages in the world as I can except French. I don't know why I can't feel the French language its sounds are very ugly for me.

[@denizb.4142]

The new African Revolution!

[@bantorio6525]

... the French language is not influential anymore so don't waste your time learning it ... learn English, Spanish and maybe Mandarin ... or set up your Google Translator ... it's amazing ...

[@dans7497]

Actually is a very relevant language in Europe. Even more now that the UK is out of the EU. As well as in Canada and the Caribbean.

[@Ambrose-hb3bl]

Omit mandarin which is useless.

[@dans7497]

@@Ambrose-hb3bl no, it's not

[@dans7497]

@@Ambrose-hb3bl if you have some relationship with China because of labour reasons or interest is very useful. Also it is official in Taiwan and Singapore.

[@Ambrose-hb3bl]

@@dans7497 not plausible, the only chinese will be useful when you're hired as a spy by a foreign country. For common jobs, foreigners who want to take chinese it wont work for them cause native chinese will do the job. Besides chinese is very difficult.

[@adejaya1692]

A good move. Francophone is the extension of French colonialism.

[@dans7497]

Then you should also criticism English for being the extension of American imperialism, which actually exists. The French Empire is long gone.

[@user-iy1tl2gv7v]

@@dans7497 as a pakistani, we prefer american imperialism because no one in america cares what you look like or how you live, whereas france treats north africans and africans in france like utter crap, and whines on about liberty but they will force you into their mold with in iron fist. the british didnt touch our religions and respect to that. any day over france which is still immature and not able to move past others race or religion.

[@dans7497]

@@user-iy1tl2gv7v the smart thing would be to not prefer any imperialism. You are talking about steryotypes based on nothing. You think that there are not crimes of hate in the US or the UK? Or that there are not mosques, sinagogas etc. where people go to pray in France? "whines about Liberty but they will force you into their mold", that also happens inthe US and UK. You are talking non sense. OK, so from your point of view lets forget about all the invasions, genocides and coups that the Americans have done and lets kneel to them as our saviors. Even if they have sanctioned, invaded or manipulated your country.

[@dans7497]

@@user-iy1tl2gv7v Trying to pass as "Anti imperialist" by critizising the French but whitewashing American and british imperialism. That's hypocrite.

[@khantsal2305]

Even American and English are imperialist countries their imperialism are much better than the French imperialism. French said about liberty equality and fraternity but French is the only reason that destroyed liberty in north Africa and Africa.

[@MonkeeSage]

"the french assumed their own language was better than any other" lol fair characterization i see

[@DesertVox]

The Francophonie is comatose.

[@flxdz7103]

That's why there are far more members in La Francophonie than in the Commonwealth. Egypt never became a member of the CW but it's a full member of OIF and Ireland left CW only to join the OIF. South Korea just recently joined and Saudi Arabia but rejected by its fellow Arab Countries because of human rights issues 😝🤪🤣😁 Why didn't Saudi join the CW?

[@ethanquenum4778]

@@flxdz7103 You need prayer.

[@flxdz7103]

@@ethanquenum4778 Yeah I need prayer because I'm not like you who PROBABLY relies on God's enemy 😝🤪🤣😁

[@guyl9456]

Oh my god all doom and gloom. Though it is true that French is not as spoken as much as English it is still an important language. I live in Canada and if indeed the numbers of native French speakers has diminished it is still much more spoken than say 50 years ago. Being an official language at all level of the Canadian Government and official in several provinces. As for North Africa if indeed English is now common French rules as a second language. Finally 2 languages have progressed even faster than English : Spanish (the most spoken language in the world after Mandarin Chinese) and Hindi. English is truly the only international language but not everyone speaks it and other languages are very useful.

[@wasstl2153]

How can a language "decline" when at the same time it is spoken by more people than ever, both in numbers and in % ???

[@tatsumaki9397]

In the future French is going to be one of those languages that only nerds study without any real use. Like speaking Latin. Even Japanese is being spoken by foreigners, not by colonialism but because they want too

[@TheLibre2010]

English is the langage of science and business that s why french langage is in décline every where even in france itself

[@ramys.4313]

It's all about what you can earn from learning a language. English is widely spoken worldwide because it's a rich language in Science, technology, knowledge and also business. Arabic is very important because it's the language of the Islamic world, some 2 billion people and gives exclusive access to an ocean of knowledge of the Quran, history, philosophy, poetry and Islamic tradition. Chinese is becoming more and more important in trade and business and will soon become Indispensable in technology and science. French doesn't give exclusive access to some form of knowledge, is not an important language for doing business. No wonder why people are not willing to waste their time learning it...

[@guyl9456]

Well 2 billion people are muslim but outside of Arab countries very few speak the language I am thinking of Senegal, Mali or Indonesia here. "Salam malecoum" is about all the Arabic they know. As for being an important language if the economy of the Arab world was better than yes maybe it would be a more important language.

[@Audio-1nj3ct]

Futurama had it right about this dead language.

[@cjhan9816]

The battle of Waterloo anyone?

[@georfriedchristopher]

Señores abran paso al idioma ESPAÑOL 💃 y olé

[@toade1583]

This video only covered the issue surface level. France was very reluctant to let go of its colonial power over it ex-colonial and screw them over in many ways, even causing coups and replacing rightful presidential candidates with pro-France ones. Not to mention, the brutal massacres(the French killed 1.5 million Algerians they committed on groups that fought for independence like the Algerians or how they set up the Hutu/Tutsi divide by deciding Tutsi were descended from White people (they weren't) and only giving them positions of power which caused resentment and led to the Rwandan genocide or the religious divides they stirred in the Levant that led to Lebanon (named after the predominantly Christian Mount Lebanon region) becoming its own country due to being predominantly Christian at the time and would eventually lead to the Lebanese civil war. Not to mention the CFA Franc situation and how France heavily controls the currency of many French speaking African countries. France continues to screw over many African countries which has led to the France and the French language being seen as the enemy in many African countries where there already is a native predominant spoken language like Maghrebi Arabic in North Africa. Some of the information is inaccurate though. Rwanda hasn't dropped French, it has just been promoting English and Swahili more as those are the languages of its neighbors that it does trade with. It's also wrong about Canada. I used to live there and the number of Bilingual English-French speakers has increased outside of Quebec and inside. More native English speakers outside and inside of Quebec can speak French than at any point of Canadian history. What people do is that they count native language and home language and use that to fearmonger about the death of French to make more drastic laws concerning French in Quebec. So more people can speak French now than any point in history, but because those people might have been born in Morocco and speak Arabic natively, but since French is an official language in Morocco, you learned French fluently and so you use that to immigrate to Quebec. Even though you speak French fluently, on a Canadian census on native tongue, it will register you as a non-native French speaker because you learnt French afterwards. Or if you have Moroccan parents and you speak mostly Arabic at home, but your parents also taught you French, the fact that you also speak French doesn't matter. Since your home language is mainly Arabic, it's registered that your home language is not French. Or if your parents are Ukrainian immigrants for example and don't speak French to you at all at home, but living in Quebec, your schooling and social life is carried out entirely in French, it still doesn't matter on the Canadian census, Ukrainian is still put as your home language so the census is very restrictive and doesn't fully explain the situation. The same has happened with English, as many Canadians in Canada were originally born outside of Canada, they speak a language with their children at home that isn't English which causes the amount of Canadians who speak English at home to drop as well, but English is by far the dominant language in Canada, amongst immigrants and especially their children who often speak their parents' language with their parents and many can't speak their parents' tongue, but only understand it.

[@blackmagic6]

Well said. The French have a lot of blood on their hands.

[@LoveAndPeace2004]

0:11 30 countries actually if you consider maurice that has both French and English as official languages

[@khantsal2305]

@DarJahannam Actually, Mauritius and Seychelles used to speak French before British arrived to those land. Now French language in maurie and Seychelles are as extinct as dinosaurs. It have official status but very weak to compare to English. According to the data on wiki 35 percent of people of these countries speak croel which closer to French. 55 percent speak English as first or second language, tamil and Hindi are spoken by 15 percent only 5 percent speak French. French have official status in these countries by not majority used.

[@msbudmsbud7593]

It did it already decades ago to English language !!

[@michaelfolk8475]

Why should we learn the language of our arch-enemy? Greetings from Germany.

[@Turner24994]

your mental evolution had to be stopped dead in 1945, right? it's a bit stupid to talk like that in 2023! Hello from France

[@elana137]

Lol. These colonizers really thought they were better at everything.

[@delmanorshun2471]

The language you are writing with.... to start with

[@randomperson9187]

@@delmanorshun2471 Who's to say this person's country was colonized by England or America. With French however it is only their former colonies which speak French. The same isn't true for English.

[@delmanorshun2471]

@@randomperson9187 how did know he isn't from a former French colony? By the way, Britain colonised most countries on the planet! Why are you writing in the language of the biggest Colonial masters? 😂🤣😂

[@randomperson9187]

@@delmanorshun2471 Well if he is from a French colony and speaks a language other than his colonizers, then your point would have made even less sense no?

[@randomperson9187]

@@delmanorshun2471 Not to mention I don't speak English because I've been colonized. My ancestors unfortunately have done more colonizing than being colonized. Which was the entire point of this entire debate no?

[@shodan2002]

I’m glad I learned French you can easily learn English and French the more languages you know the better I know English German and French and Arabic I don’t regret it

[@ethanquenum4778]

French is utterly useless.

[@khantsal2305]

If I have to learn languages aside from my native language (in my opinion). I'd learn English for global businesses, entertainment and science. I would learn Spanish because it's my favorite sounding language (in my opinion) Spanish sound are more beautiful than French. I'd learn classical latin and greek because learning languages is my hobby however it may be very hard to learn. I'd never learn French because it's not used globally as English does (in my opinion) Spanish may be more used and more speakers than French. Second thing French sounds are very ugly to my ears. I'd learn Chinese instead of French.

[@muhammadnasir3347]

English is global lenguage, just enaought spoken in mother lenguage and English

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Our French language is in fact the rival language of English Even the term English came from "England" which means Citizens who live were the first people to speak to. How come the Americans and Canada speak English. It's due to the British Empire and it's colonies

[@dans7497]

The more languages you know the better

[@computechsn]

@@dans7497 Yes being polyglot I think that French is a good language that can serve i learned English Italian and some Japanese and wolof is my national language

[@dans7497]

@@computechsn wow, that's impressive. I know English, French and Spanish.

[@computechsn]

@@dans7497 thanks you i love learning languages

[@moniho6907]

The problem is the English language and is not because of the British nor the Aussies, not the candians not the Irish it's the Americans yep, English is really popular wnd it's because of America. If American didn't exist English wouldnt be so powerful

[@computechsn]

Imagine french language without the letter "R"

[@alfredbooker393]

No time for them

[@danielrauf4094]

Shame on France

[@akal4302]

they said , speak English Language to be like a Gentlemen. and speak French to be a Beggar . that's why African Countries were French Colonies , were too poor . yet they said the French are the Most Grudges holder people in the EU . and always use the "Je me souviens ". they are not Diplomatic . they do not try recognise any indigenous people on this Earth except themselves.

[@dans7497]

Who says that?

[@ethanquenum4778]

Yo, that "Je me souviens" took me out 😂.

[@ebenezermandjamba7625]

Cameroon spoeak English Too in Ancient british Cameroon. French is spoken ancient French Cameroon. There was two Cameroon

[@Persian341]

Je ne suis pas Français mais il y a beaucoup de mots français dans Farsi comme le mots merci مرسی est utilisé que le mot arabe

[@Elainerulesutube]

Because English is the language of the world!

[@dans7497]

And who says that? You? Dude, more than 75% of humanity doesn't speak English.

[@khantsal2305]

Don't be jealous. 🤣🤣🤣😋😋

[@dans7497]

@@khantsal2305 learn other languages, that will open your mind. The world is far more than english

[@nusharfishcutting5306]

African Should Boycott This Language.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

I'm doing that

[@entraunes]

As well as english ! Do u think english were not colonialists ???? Wtf !!!

[@jakekim8150]

@@entraunes Which anglophone country in Africa is poor? Except francophone countries Just looked at Rwanda, after abandoning French, see how they've developed...

[@Gumezdid]

My tongue gets tied when I attempt to sveek frendch 😅

[@ethanquenum4778]

Mine as well.

[@MustafaAli-lb8dq]

Good. All the former countries must abandon French language.

[@fayseldifficile5618]

I have no esteem or affection for the French but I love the French language. Is this possible ?!

[@asma-mushtaq]

Rare, but not impossible. Maybe, even curable. Just kidding about the last point. French literature (from old works) does have its distinct taste. But it's hard to love the language as its _spoken_ by a people who display much hate for the world and her ways.

[@AznKei1]

I like the French language too but French speaking regions are so dispersed so it's harder to sustain itself. In North America, there's only Montreal, where I live, that is a major French speaking city and accepts immigrants while other major & multicultural cities are pretty much English speaking there.

[@asma-mushtaq]

@@gamerboy-su1uq generalisations... promoted by your own echo-chambers. I can't help you if you're going to project on "us" all the time. 🙄

[@zaharabanoo6338]

No

[@zaharabanoo6338]

They will ask you to be grateful for the 'beautiful' language they gave you and that even you admire it..