French language in Algeria - Wikipedia
Between 2017 and 2018, Arabic for the first time overtook French as the most used language in Algeria in two of the most used websites in the country: Facebook and Wikipedia. In 2014, 76% of Facebook users in Algeria posted in French, while 32% posted in Arabic; in 2016 68% used Facebook in French, while 43% used it in Arabic. [10] [11]
Algeria forces Francophone schools to adopt Arabic curriculum …
Oct 10, 2023 · ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Amid broad debate about French language’s place in France’s former African colonies, Algeria is denying that efforts to force Francophone private schools to adopt the country’s national curriculum constitute hostility toward French.
The Politics of Language in Algeria - Spheres of Influence
Dec 30, 2020 · At the primary school level, Arabic, deemed a “backwards language,” was banned. Furthermore, French colons refused to allocate money towards maintaining madrasahs (Islamic schools) and mosques where most local children were educated.
‘We Do Not Accept Dissolution’; Algeria Abandons French Language
Nov 26, 2024 · With the escalation of political differences between Paris and Algeria, in the wake of President Emmanuel Macron's statements in which he doubted the existence of an "Algerian nation" before French colonialism, Algeria has taken advanced steps to get rid of the French language and replace it with Arabic or English.
Algeria's identity debate over adopting French teaching - BBC
Jul 27, 2016 · A debate in Algeria about plans to switch to teaching science in the French language is raising arguments about the country's cultural identity.
How language makes and unmakes our world: French language policies …
Dec 19, 2018 · Gradually, from the mid-1800s onwards, attendance of a French public school became mandatory in most regions of Algeria. French education curricula used the motto “espouse the nation,” that also translates as “adopt the nation,” a clear indication of the significance of French language as more than a method of expression but a form of ...
In Language Conflict in Algeria, Mohamed Benrabah surveys nearly two centuries’ worth of language politics and linguistic culture in Algeria, from the eve of the French colonial conquest of 1830 until 2012. He calls his book a study of ‘the use of language as a proxy for conflict’ (p. xiv), and examines three periods. These are, first,
A battle over language is hampering Algeria’s development
Aug 17, 2017 · The French banned Arabic at primary school when the country was theirs, dismissing it as a backward language. After independence in 1962, nationalists pushed Arabisation to undo 132 years of...
Language Maintenance and Spread: French in Algeria
Mar 7, 2007 · The present article studies the survival of French in Algeria despite an assertive policy of linguistic Arabization designed, among other things, to displace French. This language has been...
Do they still speak French in Algeria? - Geographic Pedia - NCESC
Jun 24, 2024 · According to the International Organization of the French Language, nearly 15 million Algerians, out of a population of 44 million, speak French. This makes Algeria the third largest Francophone country in the world, after France itself …