Molière turns around in his grave.
Dante is jubilant.
According to a survey carried out from June 18 to 21, 2021 by YouGov, and published by Berlitz France Licorne, a specialist in language and intercultural communication, 39% of 1010 people questioned say that Italian is the most attractive language.
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... Is it the warm and musical accent of Bocelli's compatriots that appeals so much?
Or the flavor of their gastronomy?
Alas, it is in the land of Ariosto that we speak the most charming idiom.
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English, which the French use frequently in their daily lives, is, according to the survey, a very poor student: only 7% of them consider it more attractive than French, relegating it to fourth position.
The throaty and colorful tone of Spanish comes just ahead, in third position with a small 9%.
French is not so badly placed since they are still 25% to consider it as the most glamorous language.
What about Russian in all of this?
Tolstoy's homeland won 2% of the vote, tied with Portuguese.
Among those polled, 2% also awarded the prize for the most attractive language to more distant idioms, such as Greek, Polish, Armenian, Swahili, Czech, Japanese, Creole, Hindi, American English, Croatian or Yiddish.
Abroad, Musset's language is not doing so badly.
On the contrary, it even enjoys a refreshing success.
In 2017, a study conducted by Babbel, and carried out among more than 15,000 users of this language learning application, showed that the French accent was re-elected
"the sexiest in the world"
.
The Italians themselves were, according to this survey, 47% to envy our pronunciation so identifiable.
What reassure the most chauvinistic of our compatriots.
