The Languages spoken in Monaco
The official language
of the country of Monaco is French; it is a result of the dominant role France that has long had over the microstate. French nationalists make up 47% of the population, forming the principality’s largest population group. The literacy rate in Monaco is 99% with many people speaking French, Italian, and English.
Italian is the second most widely spoken language in Monaco. The reason behind the prominence of Italian as a common Monaco language is that many citizens of Monaco are from Italy and have well preserved their language of Monaco but was later replaced by French. The Italian speaking community comprises 16% of the total Monaco population.
The English language is also spoken widely in Monaco by the citizens who are of English origin. Moreover Monaco is major tourist place attracting the influx of tourists who speak English
language, increasing the popularity of English as major language.
Apart from these three main groups of Monaco languages there are also two popular languages in Monaco – the Monegasque and Occitan languages. Monegasque language is widely spoken in Monaco apart from English and French, the national anthem of Monaco, which is “Hymne Monegasque”, is written in the Monegasque language. It represents only 16% of the total population. The Occitan is a Romance language spoken widely in Monaco. Most of the people in Monaco speak Occitan as their first language, but with time it is losing its popularity.
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Gibraltar Language
The official Gibraltar Language is English. But there are many more Gibraltar Language that many of the people speak in the region. Many of the people of Gibraltar are bi- lingual and so they can speak both English and Spanish with the same fluency.
English language in Gibraltar is used in many places such as schools, government, and media. Other languages in Gibraltar that are spoken are Spanish, Arabic and also the major vernacular language of Llanito.
The vernacular language of Gibraltar Llanito is a creole language based on Andalusina and Spanish. It makes use of recurrent modification between the two languages in a single conversation or simply code-switching between Spanish and English.
Before the Britishers took over Gibraltar the language of Spanish was widely spoken at Gibraltar. But later on there were less number of people who used to speak Spanish. According to the estimates taken in the year 2001, the number of people belonging to the Spanish nationality at Gibraltar was 326.
There are some people at Gibraltar who speak the Arabic language. At Gibraltar Arabic is spoken by the minority of people belonging to North Africa and Morocco. There were 961 Moroccans at Gibraltar as per the estimation done in the year 2001.
http://www.mapsofworld.com/gibraltar/society-and-culture/language.html
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The official language
of the country of Monaco is French; it is a result of the dominant role France that has long had over the microstate. French nationalists make up 47% of the population, forming the principality’s largest population group. The literacy rate in Monaco is 99% with many people speaking French, Italian, and English.
Italian is the second most widely spoken language in Monaco. The reason behind the prominence of Italian as a common Monaco language is that many citizens of Monaco are from Italy and have well preserved their language of Monaco but was later replaced by French. The Italian speaking community comprises 16% of the total Monaco population.
The English language is also spoken widely in Monaco by the citizens who are of English origin. Moreover Monaco is major tourist place attracting the influx of tourists who speak English
language, increasing the popularity of English as major language.
Apart from these three main groups of Monaco languages there are also two popular languages in Monaco – the Monegasque and Occitan languages. Monegasque language is widely spoken in Monaco apart from English and French, the national anthem of Monaco, which is “Hymne Monegasque”, is written in the Monegasque language. It represents only 16% of the total population. The Occitan is a Romance language spoken widely in Monaco. Most of the people in Monaco speak Occitan as their first language, but with time it is losing its popularity.
http://www.spainexchange.com/guide/MC-language.htm
Gibraltar Language
The official Gibraltar Language is English. But there are many more Gibraltar Language that many of the people speak in the region. Many of the people of Gibraltar are bi- lingual and so they can speak both English and Spanish with the same fluency.
English language in Gibraltar is used in many places such as schools, government, and media. Other languages in Gibraltar that are spoken are Spanish, Arabic and also the major vernacular language of Llanito.
The vernacular language of Gibraltar Llanito is a creole language based on Andalusina and Spanish. It makes use of recurrent modification between the two languages in a single conversation or simply code-switching between Spanish and English.
Before the Britishers took over Gibraltar the language of Spanish was widely spoken at Gibraltar. But later on there were less number of people who used to speak Spanish. According to the estimates taken in the year 2001, the number of people belonging to the Spanish nationality at Gibraltar was 326.
There are some people at Gibraltar who speak the Arabic language. At Gibraltar Arabic is spoken by the minority of people belonging to North Africa and Morocco. There were 961 Moroccans at Gibraltar as per the estimation done in the year 2001.
http://www.mapsofworld.com/gibraltar/society-and-culture/language.html
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TAKE YOUR PICK. WHICH LANGUAGE IS IN BETTER SITUATION?