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TIL If you speak only one language you are a minority(40%) as most of the world speaks two(43% of people) or more languages. (www.newsdle.com)
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[–] balthasar1stern@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

For anyone else who was confused about the numbers not adding up: It is 43% who speak two languages and 17% who speak three or more languages. So in total it's 60% speaking two ore more languages. That's crazy!

[–] Wisi_eu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

et le tout... en anglais monolingue !

[–] sickpusy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peut être aussi les gens qui parlent hindi en Inde nord. Ils sont avoir une tendance de être monolingue.

[–] Darukhnarn@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Ils ne parlent pas anglaise ?

[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Oh good, jeg bin average.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

But what % speaks one well, but the other mucho malo?