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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5265 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 25 of 29 03 April 2012 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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There's a difference between signage and practice. In Wales and the Isle of Man the public signs are bilingual- the predominant language by far is not Welsh or Manx but English.
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| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 26 of 29 10 May 2012 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hold on just a minute.
Bahasa Malaysia isn't a dialect of Bahasa Indonesia. And the Chinese and Indians are just as Malaysian as the ethnic Malays. The only 'native' Malaysians are the orang asli (indigenous people). And if by "native Malaysians", you're referring to the ethnic Malays, they're not a minority. I believe KL is 45% Malay, 40% ethnic Chinese, 10% ethnic Indians and 5% lain lain. I know this post is about 2 years old but I just had to set a few things straight seeing as how my city was being misrepresented.
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| Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4491 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 27 of 29 04 September 2012 at 3:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Manila and practically all major cities in the Philippines are bilingual, where English and Filipino (Tagalog)
are widely-spoken. In some cities you'll find a major dialect or two (dialects which most linguists consider separate languages rather than dialects) also widely used, e.g. Bisaya (Cebuano) in Cebu City. Furthermore, Filipino and English both share the status as the official languages of the Philippines. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| thusspakeblixa Diglot Newbie Ireland espaprender.wordpres Joined 4521 days ago 15 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*, Irish Studies: German, Spanish | Message 28 of 29 04 September 2012 at 5:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was in Strasbourg a few years ago, and it's probably what I'd class as bilingual. Shop signs and menus are in both
French and German, and I heard both languages spoken. I spoke only German and English at the time and got by just fine in German, even with people who told me they spoke very little German. You could also argue that cities like Zurich are bilingual - signs are usually in Hochdeutsch and Swiss German, and people speak both. But in that case, you could argue that Dublin, Glasgow or pretty much anywhere is 'bilingual'. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4671 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 29 of 29 26 October 2012 at 12:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Most Indian cities are bilingual, since English is widely spoken and understood, especially outside the Northern Hindi region. Sri Lankan capital (Colombo) is trilingual: English, Tamil and Sinhala are spoken. Edited by Medulin on 26 October 2012 at 12:58pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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