{"id":390,"date":"2012-08-03T12:16:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T12:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learntospeakaforeignlanguage.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2012-08-05T00:48:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T00:48:17","slug":"the-french-language-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learntospeakaforeignlanguage.com\/the-french-language-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The French Language around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that French is one of the two official languages of the United Nations and Olympics? English is the other official language. French is also one of the official languages of The International Red Cross.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_396\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learntospeakaforeignlanguage.com\/speaking-italian-in-italy\/id-10078384\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-396 \" title=\"Speak French at The Eiffel Tower\" src=\"http:\/\/learntospeakaforeignlanguage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ID-10078384-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"speak French at the Eiffel Tower\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learntospeakaforeignlanguage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ID-10078384-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/learntospeakaforeignlanguage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ID-10078384.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In total, 29 nations and 12 entity States recognize French as the official language. Seven (7) other nations have large French speaking populations, even though it is not the official language.<\/p>\n<p>French is the second most taught language in schools, after English. French is truly one of the major world languages, not because of the number of speakers, but because it is spoken in many places and in many global organizations.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about speaking French on a day-to-day basis, <a title=\"Learn to speak French\" href=\"http:\/\/learntospeakaforeignlanguage.com\/learn-speak-french\/\">see this page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that French is one of the two official languages of the United Nations and Olympics? English is the other official language. French is also one of the official languages of The International Red Cross. In total, 29 nations and 12 entity States recognize French as the official language. 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