Emmanuel Macron has vow to make FRENCH a world language


Native French speakers comprise little more than 1 per cent of the world’s population, leaving it 18th in the global league table beside Korean and the Indian language Marathi.

But President Macron, well known for his ceaseless political ambition, has turned his attention to making French the first language of Africa and even the most spoken tongue in the world.



The president forecast a radiant future for the language in a lecture to students in Burkina Faso on a tour to bolster ties with the former French west African colonies, home to the world's fastest-growing population of French-speakers.

French no longer belongs to France, Mr Macron said in a hymn to the unifying power of the language, a theme sounded by the country’s 

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