Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin-based

Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by dghughes on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @05:54PM (#16926586)

I wouldn't say located in one region I mean sure Quebec has a lot of French speakers now but so do other regions in Canada. Look at Ontario, NB (majority there too?), even NS and PEI, plus don't forget Metis in the prairies.

Hell a story on D'Arcy McGee a few days ago mentioned the majority of the population of Montreal was Irish in the late 1800s.

Maybe more accurate is the majority of French speakers are concentrated in southern Quebec?

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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by sergers on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @06:58PM (#16927157)

Eastern Canada, Ontario to the east coast, has alot more french speakers in that region, compared to the rest of Canada.

Even in Ontario, there are people who will only converse in French.

Western Canada, I have never had to use french ever outside of highschool which I dropped French class after the required years.

Alot of us resented being forced to learn French in BC cause practically never used.

You don't need to know any french on the west coast, but it's a requirement in alot of places in eastern canada.

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