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• daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  French is the dominant language in Quebec?

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  • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not sure if this is supposed to be a joke or something, but yes. More than 90% of the people in Quebec speak French. More than 50% speak English, but for most it’s a second language.

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    • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, it was a genuine question. I did not know It was mainly used as a first language in Quebec. I thought it was a semi-common second laguage for Canadians.

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      • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, only in Quebec. There’s a bit of French spoken in Ontario (especially on the border with Quebec), and maybe 30% of the population in New Brunswick, but in other provinces it’s not even the second most spoken language.

        For example, Manitoba’s most widely spoken languages are 1M English, 33k Tagalog, 30k Punjabi, 19k German and 15k French.

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