I was wondering, like Africa or south America, are there not parts of India that were French colonies or something, If yes don't the people in those regions speak French? Like the Quebec francophones, we have a small Spanish speaking and very tinier Portuguese speaking population in the Philippines, legacy of the Colonizers, but the population is going down and almost vanishing, unlike the Quebec government there is no political interference to grow or revive that.
I know many people working in corporate already looking for jobs in their home country or elsewhere. There are like thousands of people in this situation easily. Some have booked a ticket back a week after they achieve another 2 yrs of Canadian work experience lol
AFAIK, very minor in small silver of land called Puducherry with very small population. Will they retain french skills? Nope. Indians retained english skills because it has been unofficial official language of India even after independence.
Many shops have french names in Puducherry. People can understand french a bit, but they cannot speak fluently. My french teacher at school was from Puducherry.
Indians will go to any extent for survival and French is least of their worries. If French test becomes the new normal to crack Canada PR, don't be surprised if Indians crack it easily. I mean thousands of Indians are learning Japanese and German for work visas, so French, a language that looks like English, is not going to stop ’em
I have lived in Japan for a few months for work almost 15 years back it is not pleasant working there without speaking in Japanese.
I'm a native french speaker and yeah surely both use latin letters, but god knows how easy is English compared to french. But again with A LOOOT of practice and perseverance, people may reach an acceptable level within a year's time frame.
