The number of French speakers is expected to reach 700 million by the year 2050.

French is only spoken in Europe.

About 45% of modern English words are of French origin

There are many international institutions which have French as one of their official languages, including the United Nations, the European Union, the International Olympic Committee, and the Red Cross

French is the official language of 9 countries

Beauty and the Beast was originally written in French

There is an official organisation which consists of 54 official member states whose main language is French

There is a competition similar to the Commonwealth games- where French speaking countries compete in various sports, including athletics and football.

French is also the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world, with 100 million students and 2 million teachers – 20 % of whom are outside of francophone countries