French Language

Many people wonder how many French speakers there are in the world but there is not a definite answer to that. In 1999, French was the 11th most common language in the world, with 77 million first language speakers and another 51 million second language speakers according to the Ethnologue Report.
French is the second most commonly taught language in the world after English.

French is the official working language of

~ The United Nations
~ UNESCO
~ NATO
~Organization for Econoomic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
~ The International Labor Bureau
~ The International Olympic Commitee
~ The 31-member Council of Europe
~ The European Communithy
~ The Universal Postal Union
~ The International Red Cross
~ Union of International Associations (UIA)