I will grant that French is one of the biggest primary languages in the World(Why else would it be one of the main languages at the U.N.), but the fact is that English is the largest official language in the world, followed closely by Mandarin Chinese. This is due mainly to the fact that the official language of the following countries is English...India, U.S., Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and about half a dozen other African countries and about a dozen other island nations. The number of people with English as their official language is approaching 1.5 billion.
Lesson here...Although you have a valid point about French being a world language, check your facts before you start proclaiming what languages are the biggest. French is actually the fifth largest language. They rank in the following order: English, Chineses(Mandarin), Spanish, Arabic and then French.
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I will grant that French is one of the biggest primary languages in the World(Why else would it be one of the main languages at the U.N.), but the fact is that English is the largest official language in the world, followed closely by Mandarin Chinese. This is due mainly to the fact that the official language of the following countries is English...India, U.S., Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and about half a dozen other African countries and about a dozen other island nations. The number of people with English as their official language is approaching 1.5 billion.
Lesson here...Although you have a valid point about French being a world language, check your facts before you start proclaiming what languages are the biggest. French is actually the fifth largest language. They rank in the following order: English, Chineses(Mandarin), Spanish, Arabic and then French.