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<France 24 #013> Declining popularity of English in Quebec, Canada - le 19 août 2022

   Today's article is about the decling popularity of English in Quebec from France 24 dated August 19, 2022.

 

French Original

Canada : au Québec aussi, la langue de Molière recule au profit de l'anglais

 

De nouveaux chiffres révèlent que la langue française continue de reculer au Canada comme au Québec, tandis que le nombre de personnes dont l’anglais est la première langue parlée dépasse le million de locuteurs dans la province. Une situation inédite qui intervient dans un contexte d'intensification des efforts pour protéger la langue de Molière au Québec.

 

English Translation (powered by Google)

Canada: in Quebec too, the language of Molière is declining in favor of English

 

New figures reveal that the French language continues to decline in Canada as in Quebec, while the number of people whose first language spoken is English exceeds one million speakers in the province. An unprecedented situation that occurs in a context of intensification of efforts to protect the language of Molière in Quebec.

 

Words & Phrases

<A>

anglais: English

aussi: too

<C>

chiffre: number

contexte: context

<D>

dépasse > dépasser: overtake

<E>

effort: effort

<I>

inédite: unpublished, novel

intensification: intensification

intervient > intervenir: intervene, occur

<L>

langue: language, tangue

locuteur: speaker

<M>

million: million

<N>

nouveaux > nouveau: new

<P>

profit: profit, benefit

protéger: protect

province: province

<R>

recule > reculer: to move back, to shrink back

<T>

tandis: while