Claim: According to the 1950 Dominican Republic Census, French, a Romance language of the Indo-European family, was the most widely spoken language worldwide.
Evidence: The Third National Census of Population of the Dominican Republic was raised on 6 August 1950, during the presidency of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, after the Decree No.6091 of 20 October 1949. Spanish 98.00 French 1.19