à être présente sur les 5 continents
What surprises me about this statement is how spread French language truly is.
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galaxie francophone
I think what the author is trying to convey by using the term " galaxie francophone" is to do a metaphor stating that in that galaxy of French speakers, 255 million people live in some other type of world or planet.
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Évolution de la population de cinq espaces linguistiques définis selon la langue officielle
This graph is expressing the evolution of language speakers through the years, it shows francophones being at around 200 million in 1965 and eventually growing. I think it also refers to a prediction of how many francophones there will be in following years.
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’est-à-dire qu’ils font un usage quotidien de la langue française, même si les contextes sont variés. Cette langue, acquise dès l’enfance, arrive plus ou moins tôt et sert plus ou moins souvent. Elle est tour à tour et tout à la fois :
French is used in varied contexts
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, la langue française est la seule, avec l’anglais, à être présente sur les 5 continents.
French is spoken in 5 continents.
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sociale,
Cognate for English word " social"
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officielle
Cognate for English word " official"
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contextes
Cognate for English word " context"
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vivent
This is a cognate word in Spanish for "viven" which in English its "live"
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usages
Cognate for English word "use"
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Combien de francophones dans le monde ?
I think the article will definitely be informative. The title itself is giving us a question in where the article will respond to it by giving us information and statistics about it. The article tells us many informative things such as how many countries around the world speak French, and estimations of how many French speakers there is.
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territoires
Cognate for the English word "territories".
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estimation
Cognate for English word "estimation".
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langue
Langue in French is a cognate for the English word " Language"
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