{"id":5975,"date":"2017-08-23T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T16:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utalk.com\/news\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2022-07-06T15:16:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:16:49","slug":"utalk-language-launches-worlds-most-comprehensive-canadian-french-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/utalk-language-launches-worlds-most-comprehensive-canadian-french-app\/","title":{"rendered":"uTalk Launches World\u2019s Most Comprehensive Canadian French App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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British-based language learning company uTalk<\/strong> is launching Canadian French (also known as Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois French) to add to its bank of over 130 languages, making it the only app to teach Canadian French from any language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

uTalk recruited native Canadian French speakers to bring the language to life on the app which will be launched at the upcoming Montreal Language Festival (25-27th August 2017), where the company is the official games partner. There are 2,500 words and phrases to learn from any language on the app – making it the most comprehensive Canadian French app on the market.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

French is the mother tongue of 20.4% of Canadians and 76.4% of Quebecers[1]<\/a> \u2013 that\u2019s over seven million people.  Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois French descends from the French brought over to Canada by the early European settlers, and is now the only official language of Quebec, and all Canadian public communication is in dual languages.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

uTalk\u2019s language producer Nat Dinham says that there are enough differences between Canadian French and French to make it worth learning as a stand alone language.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe pride ourselves on bringing to life under-represented languages and Canadian French has been fascinating. The language has lived alongside English for so long that some words are heavily influenced \u2013 for example \u2018un chum\u2019 (a boyfriend), and \u2018un char\u2019 (a car), amongst other ingrained Anglicisms. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But French Canadians are also very protective of their language and more likely to resist some modern anglicisms than in Europe \u2013 so in France you\u2019ll talk about your email, but in Quebec it will be your \u2018courriel\u2019; A stop sign will be \u2018STOP\u2019 in France but \u2018ARR\u00caT\u2019 in Quebec, and in Quebec you might go out to \u2018magasiner\u2019 (from magasin, shop), whereas in France you would ‘faire du shopping<\/em>\u2019\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are significant differences in accent and vocabulary from European French. For example, in Canada your girlfriend is your \u2018blonde\u2019 whereas in France she\u2019s your \u2018petite amie\u2019, and mealtimes are completely different in Quebec, the first meal of the day is ‘le d\u00e9jeuner’, which in France would refer to lunch (‘le petit d\u00e9jeuner’ is breakfast in France). And the Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/a> have ‘le d\u00eener’ at midday, whereas the French have it in the evening. Crisps are \u2018croustilles\u2019 in Quebec but \u2018chips\u2019 in France. \u2018Frette’ may be used instead of \u2018froid\u2019 for \u2018cold\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The uTalk app is available for download on any device, giving away free Starter Words in Canadian French and over 130 more languages. The launch of Canadian French coincides with uTalk\u2019s partnership with the Montreal Language Festival<\/a> \u2013 North America\u2019s premier celebration and conference for language learners and enthusiasts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About uTalk<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

British based company uTalk is the UK\u2019s language learning specialists with a mission to make language learning fun and simple. uTalk uses a method of verbal, visual and fun exercises to teach languages to learners of all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, to request images or to arrange free access to Canadian French on the app, contact Rachel Jackson (Marketing Manager) on rachel@utalk.com<\/a> or 020 7371 7711.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/a> Census Canada 2016: https:\/\/www12.statcan.gc.ca\/census-recensement\/2016\/rt-td\/lang-eng.cfm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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uTalk sort l’application la plus compl\u00e8te au monde pour apprendre le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

uTalk, soci\u00e9t\u00e9 anglaise sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans l\u2019apprentissage des langues va ajouter le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u00e0 son catalogue de plus de 130 langues. L\u2019entreprise recrute des natifs Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pour faire les enregistrements et rendre l\u2019application vivante. uTalk sera alors la premi\u00e8re et la seule application \u00e0 proposer le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u00e0 partir de n\u2019importe quelle langue et plus de 2500 mots et phrases seront disponibles. uTalk est d\u00e9finitivement l\u2019application pour le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois la plus compl\u00e8te sur le march\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Fran\u00e7ais est la langue maternelle de 20.4% des Canadiens et de 76.4% des Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois[1]<\/a>. Cela repr\u00e9sente plus de 7 million de personne. Le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois descend des Fran\u00e7ais qui ont colonis\u00e9s le Canada. C\u2019est la seule langue officielle au Qu\u00e9bec et la deuxi\u00e8me langue au Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nat Dinham, \u00e9ditrice de langue \u00e0 u Talk consid\u00e8re qu\u2019il y assez de diff\u00e9rence entre le Fran\u00e7ais et le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pour en faire une langue \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Nous sommes tr\u00e8s fier \u00e0 uTalk d\u2019aider les langues sous-repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es et le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois est une langue fascinante. Le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u00e0 c\u00f4toyer l\u2019anglais pendant si longtemps que certains mots ont \u00e9t\u00e9 fortement influenc\u00e9s. Nous pouvons donner les exemples de \u2018un chum\u2019 (un petit ami) ou \u2018un char\u2019 (une voiture). <\/em> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mais les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois sont aussi tr\u00e8s protecteurs avec leur langue et sont plus enclin \u00e0 r\u00e9sister aux diff\u00e9rents anglicismes. Par exemple en France on parle \u2018d\u2019email\u2019 mais au Canada on parle de \u2018courriel\u2019. En France, sur un signe stop il est \u00e9crit \u2018STOP\u2019 mais au Qu\u00e9bec il est \u00e9crit \u2018ARRET\u2019. De plus au Qu\u00e9bec les gens disent \u2018magasiner\u2019 mais en France c\u2019est \u2018faire du shopping\u2019. \u00bb<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Par ailleurs on peut noter des diff\u00e9rences notables dans l\u2019utilisation des accents et du vocabulaire. Par exemple au Canada \u00ab Blonde \u00bb est une petite amie, les chips se disent \u2018croustilles\u2019, le petit-d\u00e9jeuner se dit d\u00e9jeuner et le diner se dit d\u00e9jeuner.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019application uTalk peut se t\u00e9l\u00e9charger sur n\u2019importe quelle plateforme et offre des mots d\u2019essais gratuits en Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et dans plus de 130 langues. De plus, la sortie du Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois co\u00efncide avec le partenariat de uTalk au Montreal Language festival<\/a> \u2013 qui est le plus important festival et rassemblement de linguistes d\u2019Am\u00e9rique du nord.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A propos de uTalk <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entreprise bas\u00e9e en Angleterre, uTalk est le sp\u00e9cialiste de l\u2019apprentissage virtuel des langues. Rendre simple et amusant cet apprentissage est la mission principale de uTalk. uTalk utilise des m\u00e9thodes verbales, visuelles et divertissantes pour faire apprendre les langues \u00e0  tous les \u00e2ges.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour plus d\u2019information, demander des images ou un acc\u00e8s gratuit au Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois sur notre application, veuillez contacter Rachel Jackson (Directrice Marketing) a rachel@utalk.com<\/a> ou 020 7371 7711.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/a> Census Canada 2016: https:\/\/www12.statcan.gc.ca\/census-recensement\/2016\/rt-td\/lang-eng.cfm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

British-based language learning company uTalk is launching Canadian French (also known as Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois French) to add to its bank of over 130 languages, making it the only app to teach Canadian French from any language. uTalk recruited native Canadian French speakers to bring the language to life on the app which will be launched at … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[794],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8885,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975\/revisions\/8885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}