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Use of French at home is only one indicator of language health: Quebec demographers

Moosejaw Today 05 Jun 2022
Calvin Veltman, a retired sociolinguist and demographer who taught at Université du Québec à Montréal, takes a more optimistic view ... Both Veltman and Bélanger noted that official statistics don't always present a clear picture of what's happening.
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Naharnet
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AP / Rajib Dhar
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Beijing News
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AP / Ahn Young-joon
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CNN
05 Aug 2024
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AP / Ariel Schalit
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France24
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AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
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AP / Hussein Malla, File
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Al Jazeera
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Public Domain / Ron Przysucha
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Al Jazeera
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White House / Shealah Craighead
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Grist
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AP / Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
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Al Jazeera
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AP / French Army
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Dawn
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AP / Rajib Dhar
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AOL
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AP / J. David Ake
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AOL
05 Aug 2024
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AP / Matias Delacroix
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Ekathimerini
05 Aug 2024
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AP / Petros Giannakouris
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