first montreal retains this distinction is not consistent with a npov since it is not a distinction to be the second most populus french speaking city it is either a fact or it is not second montreal is behind not only paris but also abidjan and lyon in population thus if there's a distinction of being the second most populus french speaking city it belongs to abidjan if not kinshasa which remains an open question third making a point about what city really is the second most populus french speaking city is out of place in this article although it would be useful to state why there is uncertainty about whether or not kinshasa is a french speaking city in closing it is odd that the primary language of the capital of the deomocratic repblic of the congo cannot be determined in a referenceable way this seems to be an urgent need for this article or more specifically it seems an urgent need to referencably quantify the linguistic makeup of the city