La Francophonie : are there any " partner languages " ?

Summary

In its fight against the growing hegemony of English, the institutional Francophonie has made the defense of French and its " partner languages " a common cause. To what extent do the latter benefit from this strategy ?

La Francophonie : are there any " partner languages " ?

Summary

Speaker(s)

Salikoko S. Mufwene

Events

Colonization, globalization and the spread of French : history is written by the victor

The emergence of Creoles and the history of French : a uniform perspective

Are creoles new Indo-European languages ?

The indigenization of French in Africa and North America

The Africanization of French, or French as an African language

Globalization and the vitality of French : " the language must feed its people "

Languages in danger : what are the causes ?

La Francophonie : are there any " partner languages " ?

Language hegemony and economic and political hegemony

Is Mandarin a threat to English and French ?

Les " passeurs de francophonie " dans le monde : vrais ou faux francophones ?

Migration and the Vitality of French in Sub-Saharan Africa : from colonial trading to contempor…

Conclusion : the differential evolution of French around the world

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