60% of French Speakers Live in Africa

[JEK]

How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time

More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language.

www.nytimes.com

 

[cassidain]

People on St-Barth are frequently curious as to how/why an American happens to speak French. They ask, where are you from, and then, the how/why question. Un passe-temps.

 

[pascaleschmidt]

People on St-Barth are frequently curious as to how/why an American happens to speak French. They ask, where are you from, and then, the how/why question. Un passe-temps.

Frenchmen or women like learning new languages and are interested in international tidbits.... They are surprised when Americans make the effort to learn French....

 

[cassidain]

It’s a beautiful language

 

[amyb]

It’s a beautiful language

Proving difficult for me. Still wishing I had opted for French when I was in high school.