Which language is better Spanish or French?

Guest   Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:00 pm GMT
I'm confused.
A more original name   Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:13 pm GMT
Well, it depends on you point of view, your job, your hobbies or the country where you live or go. For example:

Spanish is a language spoken by 500 million people in Mexico, USA, Central America, Caribbean, South America, European Union, North and Equatorial Africa, some minorities in Asia and Oceania.

French is a language spoken by some 200 million people in France, French Canada, French Belgium, French Switzerland, French Africa and some minorities in Asia and Oceania.
God.   Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:40 pm GMT
English.
Guest   Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:54 pm GMT
English does not belong to {Spanish, French} set.
wrong question   Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:58 pm GMT
better? there's not such concept in languages. Depends on your interests: business,music,people you want to contact on the internet or in your country(if you are american or canadian),countries you want to go on holidays, etc. So it's up to you to decide.

PD: I don't know if you're asking about it because you need to choose one to study but anyway your question is not correct.
American Heroe   Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:17 pm GMT
Spanish is the second language in USA, the only superpower. There are some 60 million of Hispanics in USA at this moment. There will be over 135 million in 2050.

That's easy:

The first American language, English, is the most important language.

The second American language, Spanish, is the second most important language
cnablis   Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:36 pm GMT
To me, it always seemsed like Spanish was slightly better than French, in terms of grammar, although French grammar might be slightly easier.
K. T.   Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:04 pm GMT
I don't know how one could be better than the other. They are weighted about the same in difficulty for people who speak English as a native language.

If you have to choose between them in high school, well, see if you can take both of them.
snob   Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:19 am GMT
Spanish is slightly more useful than French, but Spanish doesn't sound as beautiful as Italian, it's really a pity.
the most original name   Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:51 am GMT
Well, it depends on you point of view, your job, your hobbies or the country where you live or go. For example:

French is a language spoken by some 500 million people in France, French Canada, French Belgium, French Switzerland, French Africa, French Guiana, and some minorities in Indochina, French India and Oceania like New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, and Vanuatu.

Spanish is a language spoken by 330 million people in Mexico, USA, Central America, Caribbean, South America, European Union, North and Equatorial Africa, and rapidly dying in the Philippines.
US Heroe   Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:54 am GMT
Spanish is the second language in of non-francophone world. There are some 200 million non-native francophones in non-francophone world at this moment. There will be over 300 million in 2050.

That's easy:

The first global language, English, is the most important language.

The second global language, French not Spanish, is the second most important language in the world
Ignore   Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:56 am GMT
French is much more useful than Spanish, but French sounds more beautiful as Italian, it's really a pity.
Guest   Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:21 pm GMT
French sounds nasal and guttural with those R pronounced as GGGG. Not beautiful at all.
The truth   Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:44 pm GMT
This francophone fanatic fan (FFF) is not only stupid, he changes the figures and he doesn't say the truth.

The number of Frech speakers, according to the same Francophonie, is some 200 million.

http://20mars.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/FICHE_03_Nombre_de_francophones.pdf

The number of Spanish speakers, according to the same Instituto Cervantes, is some 500 million.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/espanol/segundo/idioma/estudia/mundo/Instituto/Cervantes/elpepucul/20070426elpepucul_8/Tes
euphateous   Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:08 pm GMT
<<French is a language spoken by some 500 million people in France, French Canada, French Belgium, French Switzerland, French Africa, French Guiana, and some minorities in Indochina, French India and Oceania like New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, and Vanuatu.>>

Not only that, but if France plays its cards right, French could be successfully peddled as a more politically correct lingua franca, replacing English in the medium-term future (until the Han Chinese start displacing the world's other inhabitants in the more distant future).

(Of course, if Spain plays its cards right ...)