FRENCH LANGUAGE DAY
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French is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. We celebrate this special day to embrace multilingualism, cultural diversity and to promote equal use of all six official languages.
They selected March 20th as French Language Day because it was concurrent with the 40th anniversary of La Francophonie, an International Organization in which members share a common tongue, as well as the humanist values promoted by the French language.
Some Fun Facts about the French Language:
- They estimated the number of French speakers in the world at 321 million.
- French is the 5th most spoken language in the world after Chinese, English, Spanish and Arabic.
- French is the 4th language of the internet.
The Official Languages of the United Nations are:
- Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic) -December 18th
- Chinese (Mandarin Chinese in simplified Chinese characters)- April 20th
- English (British English)- April 23rd
- French – March 20th
- Russian- June 6
- Spanish April 23rd
You can celebrate English Language Day by:
Use an app like DUOLINGO to learn one of the 6 languages of the United Nations that is most interesting to you!
Can’t celebrate this year – Mark your calendar & save this holiday for next year!
You can also pin the image below to your Pinterest boards to save this fantastic holiday!
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