French has the most secondary speakers in the world?

Guest   Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:07 pm GMT
<< Canadian Website about Spanish in Canada.

Hola Canadá! Spanish Is Third Most Spoken Language


Jack Jedwab and Victor Armony

There has been an important growth of second language Spanish speakers in Canada >>

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Language composition by Home language

The following are the top twenty languages spoken as a home language in Canada, shown as a percentage of total single responses (just over 98% of Canadians use a single language as their "home language", and slightly under 2% use more than one language at home):[1]

1. English 20,584,775 (67.1%)
2. French 6,608,125 (19.1%)
3. Chinese[2] 790,035 (2.6%)
4. Punjabi 500,000 (1.0%)
5. Spanish 209,955 (0.7%)
6. Italian 170,330 (0.6%)
7. Dutch 159,440 (0.6%)
8. Ukrainian 148,090 (0.5%)
9. Arabic 144,745 (0.5%)
10. German 128,350 (0.4%)
11. Tagalog 119,345 (0.4%)
12. Vietnamese 111,440 (0.4%)
13. Portuguese 103,875 (0.3%)
14. Urdu 102,805 (0.3%)
15. Polish 101,575 (0.3%)
16. Korean 101,500 (0.3%)
17. Persian 97,220 (0.3%)
18. Russian 93,805 (0.3%)
19. Tamil 92,680 (0.3%)
20. Greek 55,100 (0.2%)
21. Gujarati 52,715 (0.2%)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Canada


Allo Colombia and Peru! Because the people of those Hispanic countries will have French as their secondary language. And in Brazil, Spanish will be overcome by French!

Le très net déclin du français langue seconde ou étrangère, qui avait commencé dans les années soixante, semble avoir été stoppé. Certains pays d'Europe (Finlande, Irlande, Norvège, Suède, Autriche, Bulgarie, etc.), du Proche-Orient (Égypte, Turquie, Israël, Émirats arabes unis, etc.) et d'Amérique (Brésil, Colombie, Pérou, États-Unis, Canada) connaissent présentement une très nette augmentation des élèves du français langue seconde ou étrangère.

The very steep decline in the french foreign or second language, which began in the sixties seems to have been stopped. Some European countries (Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Bulgaria, etc..), The Near East (Egypt, Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, etc..) And America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru , United States, Canada) currently experiencing a sharp increase in students of french foreign or second language.

http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/francophonie/francophonie.htm
Guest   Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:17 pm GMT
<< Canadian Website about Spanish in Canada.

Hola Canadá! Spanish Is Third Most Spoken Language


Jack Jedwab and Victor Armony

There has been an important growth of second language Spanish speakers in Canada.


While it remains well behind English and French, in 2006 Spanish has became the third most widely spoken language in Canada and has now earned the title of Canada’s most important non-official language. It is worth noting that, appropriately, Chinese is not considered one language and the census lists Mandarin and Cantonese separately.
Census data show that Spanish enjoyed a growth rate of 50 per cent over a decade, rising from half-a-million to three-quarter of a million (758,000 or 2.4 per cent of the total population). In 2006, some 345,000 persons in Canada reported that their mother tongue/first language was Spanish. However, most Canadians that reported an ability to speak Spanish did so as a second language. In 2006 some 400,000 Canadians spoke Spanish as a second language compared with 277,000 a decade earlier.


Although these numbers no doubt pale by comparison with the numbers of Spanish speakers in the United States, the growth of Spanish in Canada and the transmission of the language merit greater attention from researchers and policy-makers. The growing importance of geo-political ties between Canada and the Americas may make knowledge of Spanish in Canada an increasingly valuable asset. Much like the United States, the increasing number of Spanish-speakers in Canada is primarily attributable to continued immigration from source countries where Spanish is the principal language. Amongst those persons whose first language is Spanish, nearly three-quarters were born outside of Canada. The majority of these immigrants arrived after 1991 (56 per cent). Half of the Canadians reporting that they speak Spanish reside in the cities of Montréal and Toronto.

Where Canada’s Spanish speakers live


Given the geographic concentration of French in Québec and English elsewhere in Canada, it is interesting to observe the patterns of acquisition of English and French by Spanish speakers. Not surprisingly, the first official language spoken by Canadians whose mother tongue is Spanish varies significantly according to the regional language composition. Hence, nearly two in three Canadians whose mother tongue is Spanish report English as their first official language spoken.


The language divide is reflected in the extent to which the first official language spoken of the mother-tongue-Spanish population is overwhelmingly English in cities outside the province of Québec and predominantly French (frequently along with English) in urban centres within Québec. Over the past two decades, the fastest growing non-official language in the province of Québec was Spanish. Montréal is home to some 200 000 persons that speak Spanish and just under half that number report that it is their principal language. Some 20 000 Montrealers whose mother tongue is Spanish are Canadian-born and not surprisingly the vast majority-some 75 000 were foreign-born. A narrow majority of Montrealers (51 per cent) whose mother tongue is Spanish report an ability to speak three languages (Spanish, English and French), 40 per cent speak Spanish and French and another five per cent speak Spanish and English only.

Spanish use in Canadian homes


Regarding the language most frequently used at home, Spanish continues to be the first choice amongst the majority of those for whom it is the first language they learned. There is, however, noteworthy variation in the extent to which it is most often spoken at home across cities. Retention of Spanish in the home is highest in the cities in the province of Québec.


Montréal followed by Gatineau and Toronto had the highest rate of use of Spanish most often in the home. The 2006 census data suggest that Montréal and Gatineau have the highest rates of language retention for those under the age of 20. In effect, youth whose mother tongue is Spanish and who operate in majority French language areas are more likely to speak Spanish most often at home than is the case for those who operate in majority English language areas. When looking at individuals that are part of the same age group, the retention of Spanish in the home is still highest in Montréal and the margin is even wider when considering the presence of Spanish spoken in the home along with an official language.

Spanish ‘Trilinguals’: From the School to the Workplace


What impact does schooling have on the acquisition of English and French by youth whose mother tongue is Spanish? In the initial years of elementary school (age 5-9), the 2006 census reveals that the population with Spanish mother tongue is most likely to acquire both official languages in the city of Ottawa, followed by Gatineau, with Montréal a distant third when it comes to trilingualism. In Toronto the per centage of knowing English and French with Spanish mother tongue is a mere six per cent and in Vancouver it is approximately 12 per cent. In the age group 10-14, the reported level of knowledge of English and French amongst the group of Spanish mother tongue rises to forty per cent or greater in Montréal (40 per cent), Gatineau (46.9 per cent), Ottawa (47.5 per cent), Toronto (11 per cent) and Vancouver (17 per cent).


However, an important change in the pattern emerges between the 10-14 and 15-19 cohorts as the per centage of bilinguals jumps substantially in Montréal (from 40 to 63.3 per cent) while decreasing in Ottawa and Gatineau, remaining stable in Toronto and rising slightly in Vancouver. When examining language learning amongst the Canadian-born whose mother tongue is Spanish, one observes a substantial increase in the per centage that know English and French between the under 15 years of age and the 15-24 group. The biggest jump is in Montréal (24.4 to 75.4 per cent), likely a testimony to the degree of contact with both English and French as youth enter the workplace.

Conclusion


At its current rate of growth the number of persons that speak Spanish in Canada will inevitably pass the one million mark with the 2011 census. Census data reveals that many Canadians are able to learn three languages as evidenced by the number of persons whose first language is Spanish and also possesses knowledge of English and French. In Montréal as well as in the National Capital Region these “trilinguals” represent a potentially important resource in bridging language divides within Canada as well as between Canada and the Americas.

Jack Jedwab is the Executive Director of the Association for Canadian Studies.

Victor Armony is the Director of UQAM’s Observatory of the Americas and Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

http://www.focal.ca/publications/focalpoint/fp0509/?lang=e&article=article8

As you see I odn't choose Spanish or Hispanic websites.

Here you have another Anglosaxonwebsite:

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Spanish_Language >>

This websit is crap. It was made again by hispanic fanatics paid by Instituto Cerveza and Hispanidad pretending to be Anglo-Canadians.

The truth is Hispanic in Quebec like Chileans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Spaniards, etc. abandon Spanish as soon as they became fluent in French. Many of them even gallicized their surnames such as Rodriguez to Rodrigue. All of them denied their hsipanic ancestry and pass on as métis.

The hispanic community especially the Spaniards are easily assimilated and traces of hispanicity can be found on them
Guest   Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:07 pm GMT
French is the loser horse in Canada, why should the Hispanics assimilate to the French community ?. English gives more opportunites than French in Canada.
Visitor   Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:57 am GMT
<< French is the loser horse in Canada, why should the Hispanics assimilate to the French community ?. English gives more opportunites than French in Canada. >>

They already did. In fact, in English Canada they were having a hard time getting assimilated but in French Canada, they could easily pass on as métis and most of them took French sounding names and surnames and voila, they were transformed from outcast hispanics to nouveau francophones in Canada.

The Spaniards tend to assimilate with French Canadians within a shorter time.

As I mentioned before and as in Louisiana, no traces of hispanicity can be seen on these hispanics. They now completely function as regular francophone. In fact, hispanic communities are one of great sources of wannabe francophones in Canada.
Visitor   Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:22 am GMT
<< Visitor, this woman is anglosaxon, not Hispanic/ I really think you ha a big problem in you brain. But if you want to believe that the French is the number one, It is ok. I really don't care. >>

Stop it bird brained!
Guest   Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:25 am GMT
<<They now completely function as regular francophone. In fact, hispanic communities are one of great sources of wannabe francophones in Canada>>

Hispanics and Moors are the only ones who want to be Francophone then, cause the Anglos in Quebec prefer to abandon that land rather than to integrate in the Francophone community.
Passing Australian   Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:20 am GMT
Curious. Even in Australia Spanish is enjoying rapid growth as a second language (from a very small base.) Nobody I know puts French in the same category of importance importance, even those not interested in learning second language, except Fench speakers (surprised?) Of course here the priority are Asian languages, with Chinese far ahead of everything else, but everyone acknowledges the growing importance of Spanish - but not French!
Real Aussie   Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:54 am GMT
Curious. Even in Australia Spanish is NOT enjoying rapid growth as a second language (from a very small base.) Nobody I know puts Spanish in the same category of importance on par with French, Japanese, Italian, and Bahasa even those not interested in learning second language, except Spanish speakers (surprised?) Of course here the priority are French and Japanese languages, but everyone acknowledges the continuing importance of French - but not Spanish!
Reak Aussie   Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:58 am GMT
<< Curious. Even in Australia Spanish is enjoying rapid growth as a second language (from a very small base.) Nobody I know puts French in the same category of importance importance, even those not interested in learning second language, except Fench speakers (surprised?) Of course here the priority are Asian languages, with Chinese far ahead of everything else, but everyone acknowledges the growing importance of Spanish - but not French! >>

OH REALLY? YOU LYING HISPNIC DISGUISING AS AUSSIE.

The French-Speaking Community in Australia

Just as French is the language of many countries, so the SBS French Program must cater to people from many lands and cultures.

French is the mother tongue of an estimated 200-million people, including first and second language speakers.

The program targets Australia's Francophone and Francophile communities. IT MUST REMEMBERED THAT FRENCH IS THE FIRST LANGUAGE TAUGHT AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN AUSTRALIA AND THE AUDIENCE OF FRENCH LEARNERS COVERS ALL AGE GROUPS.

Community Contacts

There are many French-speaking community organisations in Australia, including the Alliance Francaise. For a list of the latter, please contact:

Delegue-General of the Alliance Francaise and Secretary of the Alliances Francaises of Australia PO Box 125 O'Connor ACT 2601
Telephone: (02) 6247 5027 Fax: (02) 6257 6696
Email

Schools

Apart from the numerous schools in Australia where French is offered as a normal part of the curriculum, there are a number of schools where French is taught as a first language, from the earliest (kindergarten) stage to the end of the Higher School Certificate.

Ecole Bilingue de Melbourne -Camberwell
Phone 03 98 22 32 47

Petite Ecole Francaise de Melbourne
Caulfield Junior College
Phone 03 95 09 68 72 & 03-95 096131

Lycee Condorcet
The French School of Sydney
88 Cooper Street
Maroubra NSW 2035
Phone 02 9344 8692

Telopea Park School
Lycee Franco-Australien
New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600
Phone 02 6205 5599.

There are also over 50 Francophone community, social and vocational clubs spread out over the length and breadth of the country. Here are some of these organisations.

Belgian Society, NSW
Phone 02 93 69 33 59

Canadian-Australian Club - NSW
Phone 02 9562 3978

Francofolies French Resource Centre
102 Endeavour Street
Seven Hills NSW 2147
Phone/Fax 02 9831 7825

The Australian-Mauritian Association
209 Kendall Drive
Casula NSW 2170
Phone 02 9601 0076

Swiss Club of NSW
Phone 02 9416 6190

Le Theatre des Amis
1/28 Sutherland Street
Paddington NSW 2021
Phone 02 9360 3662

Le Conseil Superieur des Francais de l'Etranger" (CSFE)
41 Dumaresq Street,
Gordon NSW 2072
Phone /Fax 02 9498 4374

The Mauritian Club
PO Box 46
Galston NSW 2159
Phone 02 9831 3615

The Atelier Popenhagen
17 Mayman Row
Menai NSW 2234
Phone 02 9543 3118

Community and Social Clubs, Victoria
The National Council of Mauritian Clubs in Australia
Phone 03 97 95 01 59

Association Franco-Australienne du Victoria
1/28 Kensington Rd.,
South Yarra VIC 3141

Association Francophone
Phone 03 9531 2474

Belgian Circle of Victoria
Phone 03 9808 4741

Canadian-Australian, VIC
Phone 03 9464 0102

Swiss Club of Victoria
Phone 03 9650 1196

Stella Clavisque
34 Simpson Drive
Dandenong North VIC 3175

Tropic Social Club
5 Elmore Court
Scoresby VIC 3179

Mauritian Service Association
159A East Boundary Road
Bentleigh East VIC 3105

Sporting Clubs - Petanque

Sydney Petanque Club,
PO Box 38 Canterbury NSW 2183
Phone 02 9686 6223

France Petanque
345 West Botany St.,
Rockdale NSW 2216
Phone 02 9825 3244

Newcastle Petanque Club
PO Box 124
Lambton NSW 2299
Phone 02 4957 2660

Wollongong Petanque Club
Northcliff Drive
Berkeley Vale NSW 2261

Club de Petanque (Victoria)
03 9531 2474

WAPA (WA Petanque Assoc),
245 Heytesbury Rd Subiaco WA 6008

Prospect Petanque,
13 Hutton Street,
Vale Park SA 5081
Phone 08 8261 7997

Club de Petanque d'Adelaide,
Box 743, Unley Business Centre
86 Mary Street
Unley SA 5061
Phone 08 8266 4158

Sporting Clubs - Soccer

Racing Soccer Club of NSW,
2 Goodan Drive
Baulkham Hills NSW 2153
Phone 02 9347 1300

Kiesborough Sporting Club
PO Box 150 Noble Park VIC 3174
Phone 03 9543 9386

Dandenong Inter Sporting
5 Dyer Court
Clayton South VIC 3169
Phone 03 9551 1180

Liverpool Warriors
Soccer Club
PO Box 145 Miller NSW 2168
Phone 02 9607 0145

Endeavour Hills Soccer Club
78 Betula Street
Doveton VIC 3177,
Phone 03 9700 2732

Concord Soccer Club
20 Meadowglen Drive Epping 3076
Phone 03 9408 6098


http://radio.sbs.com.au/language.php?page=info&language=French
Allah   Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:27 am GMT
French is in decline.
Hispanic   Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:36 am GMT
Spanish is fragmenting