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French is one of the most widely taught and spoken languages on earth.
\nThere are officially 21 French speaking countries across the globe, the mother tongue of 77 million people<\/a>, and the second language of another 202 million, French isn\u2019t spoken uniformly around the world.
\nIn this post, we\u2019ll take a fresh look at French dialects around the world, their differences and how they\u2019ve come to be what they are today.<\/p>\n

An Overview of French Dialects<\/h2>\n

If you want to make it as simple as possible, we could say that there are around 21 varieties of French across the globe.<\/p>\n

Africa<\/h3>\n

\"French
\nIn 2007, it was estimated that around 115 million people, across 31 African countries spoke French.
\nIt\u2019s a commonly used but unofficial language across the continent, but especially in the Northwestern region, with a concentration of francophones in Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, and Congo. It\u2019s also widely spoken by the Creoles of the Indian Ocean.
\nAfrica has the highest number of French speakers of any continent. The language arrived there through French colonialism: It\u2019s no wonder that the countries where the language is most widely spoken used to be French colonies.
\nAs French has interacted with local languages, new variations have emerged. But, basically, the most distinctive traits we can find across African variations of French are:
\n– The presence of loanwords from native languages
\n– An \u201coutdated\u201d pronunciation of the letter R, what\u2019s called an \u201calveolar trill\u201d<\/p>\n

Asia<\/h3>\n

\"French
\nIn Asia French is spoken in the ex-colonies of Cambodia, India, Lao, and Vietnam.
\nAfter Lao gained independence, the number of Francophones severely decreased. Currently, the country is going through a revival, with younger generations learning the language of their grandparents.
\nVietnam has the highest concentration of Francophones on the continent, with a 5% proficiency rate in the general population.
\nIn colonial Vietnam, native servants working at French households used to learn a pidgin version of French, a grammatically simplified variety with the sole purpose of easing everyday communication.
\nIn the portion of India that used to be under French rule, the language is mixed with Tamil, Telegu, and Mayalam, originating three dialects varieties.<\/p>\n

North America & The Caribbean<\/h3>\n

\"French
\nIn North America, the highest concentration of Francophones is, of course, in Canada. The two main languages spoken there are Canadian English and Canadian French.
\nBut \u201cCanadian French\u201d is just a general term that could be broken into five dialects: Acadian, Chiac, Newfoundland, Quebecoise and Ontarian French.
\nCanadian dialects of French tend to incorporate anglicisms, as well as terms from the languages spoken by First Nations people.
\nFor instance, “les sandales” (the sandals) become “les babiches” in Canadian French, “babiches” being an Aboriginal loanword.
\nCanadian varieties of French differ from their European counterparts slightly, in pronoun use, a higher tendency to address others informally, and an English-inspired tendency to shorten prepositions<\/a>.
\nFrench is also spoken in the Caribbean country of Haiti. Haitian French is mutually understandable with most other dialects, the only obvious difference is its Creole-influenced accent and phonology.<\/p>\n

\"Learn<\/a><\/p>\n

Europe<\/h3>\n

\"\"
\nIn Europe, French is spoken in France (as one would expect), in the Italian Aosta Valley, in Belgium, in the Bailiwick of Jersey (a British dependency near Normandy), and in Switzerland.
\nThe French spoken in the Aosta Valley was influenced by Swiss French, Piedmontese and Italian.
\nBelgian French is most strongly characterized by a strong differentiation of short and long vowels, a pronunciation lacking the labialized palatal approximant, as well as the presence of “Belgicisms”. Belgicisms are words or deformations characteristic of the Belgian variety of the French language. Some are archaic terms, some were created by the Belgian government (for instance, to combat linguistic sexism), and some are the consequence of living in a multilingual country, and being in constant contact with the German language. The presence of archaisms is also a defining trait of Jersey French.
\nThe differences between the French spoken in Switzerland and that spoken in Paris are subtle and mostly lexical. Local varieties of French are always influenced by nearby linguistic uses, as well as the area\u2019s political, cultural, and commercial history. But, if you\u2019re a French student and would like to practice \u201cthe purest version of the language\u201d if there is such a thing – I\u2019d recommend visiting the South of France, where the most genuine, less polluted version of the language is spoken.
\nOf course, you\u2019re in for a quiet vacation. But, if you enjoy long walks on the beach and Medieval history, you\u2019ll be glad to go.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Learn<\/a><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

French: The Language of the Future<\/h2>\n

Two years ago, Natixis, an investment bank published a controversial study <\/a>designating French the language of the future. According to the study, the language will be more widely spoken than fast-growing Spanish, numerous Mandarin Chinese and our lingua franca, English.
\nWhile this methodologically questionable study might be missing the mark, more reasonable estimates suggest that by 2050, French will be spoken by approximately 750 million people worldwide, and it\u2019ll be one of the most relevant languages for business and trade. While, as we\u2019ve seen above, French is spoken in developed, high-GDP nations, the newfound relevance of French will come thanks to Africa.
\nThe African continent is projected to unleash its productive potential in the next few decades. So, we in the non-Francophone world can expect the already high request for French lessons and interpreting services<\/a> to continue on the rise.<\/p>\n

Learn French Faster Using LingQ<\/h2>\n

Immersing yourself in French doesn\u2019t require you to travel abroad or sign up for an expensive language program.
\nHowever, it can be a bit tiresome to find interesting content, go back and forth between sites, use different dictionaries to look up words, and so on.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why there\u2019s LingQ, the best way to<\/span> learn French online<\/span><\/a> because it lets you learn from content you enjoy!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Learn
\nYou can import videos, podcasts, and much more and turn them into interactive lessons.
\nKeep all your favourite French content stored in one place, easily look up new words, save vocabulary, and review. Check out our guide to importing content into LingQ<\/a> for more information.
\nLingQ is available for desktop<\/a> as well as Android<\/a> and iOS<\/a>. Gain access to thousands of hours of audio and transcripts and begin your journey to fluency today.<\/p>\n

Thinking of learning French? Check out polyglot and LingQ cofounder Steve Kaufmann’s post on why you should learn French<\/a>!<\/p>\n

***<\/em><\/p>\n

Sean Patrick Hopwood is a language polyglot and the President of Day Translations, a global translation company.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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