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Picard’s family had migrated from Canada to the U.S. in the 1920s; Canadian French was his first language.—Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 No Latin American country speaks Spanish the way it’s spoken in Spain – just as few Americans use the Queen’s English and Canadian French sounds completely different from the streets of Paris.—Ed Morales, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023 At launch, Apple’s service will support American English, American Spanish, and Canadian French, and Apple’s Emergency SOS satellite service will only be available in the U.S.—including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, but not Guam and American Samoa—and Canada.—Steve Larese, Outside Online, 13 Sep. 2022