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Re: French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
Why were they talking Engles at the astra zeneca announcement
in Amsterdam??
I thought French was taking over ???

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Not as far as I know.
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As I've already said there have been numerous attempts within the EU to boost the other three official languages to the detriment of English but all in vain.
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Re: French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

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Not as far as I know.
Oooer, sorry Besoeker, l pushed the wrong button !!

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Re: French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

Surely French is also one of the top languages?
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English will always be the international language in IT.
Init is a recent addition to the English language.
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18-03-2021, 07:56 PM
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Re: French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

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Surely French is also one of the top languages?
French is 5th on the list.
The list is:

English
Mandarin
Hindi
Spanish
French
Arabic
Bengali
Russian
Portuguese
Indonesia
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Re: French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

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French is 5th on the list.
The list is:

English
Mandarin
Hindi
Spanish
French
Arabic
Bengali
Russian
Portuguese
Indonesia
Thanks Besoeker, it didn't show on your first list.
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Re: French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

Latin is handy for exorcisms. Just watched a film where they used it to rid a Nun who was posessed. Obviously there was a big old black book with all the words and illustrations of various demons throughout the ages.
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Sorry to burst your bubble but surely it is first language speakers that matter anything else is just a guess.

World languages by native speakers (numbers in millions)

Mandarin Chinese 918
Spanish 480
English 379
Hindi 341
Bengali 228
Portuguese 221
Russian 154
Japanese 128
Western Punjabi[10] 92.7
Marathi 83.1
Telugu 82
Wu Chinese 81.4
Turkish 79.4
Korean 77.3
French 77.2

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/languages.htm
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Re: French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

Originally Posted by Bruce ->
Sorry to burst your bubble but surely it is first language speakers that matter anything else is just a guess.

World languages by native speakers (numbers in millions)

Mandarin Chinese 918
Spanish 480
English 379
Hindi 341
Bengali 228
Portuguese 221
Russian 154
Japanese 128
Western Punjabi[10] 92.7
Marathi 83.1
Telugu 82
Wu Chinese 81.4
Turkish 79.4
Korean 77.3
French 77.2

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/languages.htm
Where does Australian come ??
Just asking ?

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