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That's a pretty poor advice. (I'm French myself.)

French is pretty widely used (as a native language, and as a learned language as well) and very relevant in today's economy.

But moreover, learn French if you want to! If you find it fun, just do it. If you already speak English, you can already communicate with a huge chunk of the world's population. Any language you learn besides that is bonus!

(I am currently learning Norwegian on my own, just for the fun of it. There is little interest for me in doing that besides curiosity and the sheer pleasure of expanding my language skills.)



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