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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6033 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 9 of 32 31 January 2010 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
wtf, Greece? ... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Saif Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5611 days ago 122 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Levantine)*, French | Message 10 of 32 31 January 2010 at 5:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
There's a small Russian community in Greece, about 14,000, most of whom emigrated recently in the 1990's. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| GauchoBoaCepa Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5418 days ago 172 posts - 199 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 11 of 32 31 January 2010 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
LIke Ulmo said, English remains triumphant in the first place.....interest in Spanish has grown lately, but some still think that they can speak Spanish without learning it cos they find it so easy....it sounds so naive. I'd dare to state that: English 60%, Spanish 30%, French 10%, Italian 8% and German 5% and Russian 1%. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5676 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 12 of 32 31 January 2010 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm not sure how to interpret the wikipedia charts.
For example, is it true that only 27% of the Spanish or only 36% of the French speak English? This seems rather low. Also, does anyone have similar figures focusing on young people (lets say younger than 25 and have grown up in an era of globalization)? It'd be interesting to see just how different that generation is. Edited by Paskwc on 31 January 2010 at 10:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5676 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 13 of 32 31 January 2010 at 11:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
Its not very accessible, but I found a report for Europe. Rep ort. On page 72 of Adobe Reader (page 70 of the report), there is an overview of who's learning what. Edited by Paskwc on 31 January 2010 at 11:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5452 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 14 of 32 31 January 2010 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
From my own experience travelling in Spain and France: I don't doubt for a minute that it's true.
I'd also be interested. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| neurosport Diglot Newbie United States diy-av.net Joined 5449 days ago 12 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English, Russian* Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 15 of 32 01 February 2010 at 1:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
Sorry, but that is nothing more than your fantasy. If you look at the six official languages of the UN, you have missed Chinese and Arabic. Wikipedia - Official Languages of UN China is on course to become world's number 1 economy, while Islam is on schedule to become world's number 1 religion. I don't see your list accounting for any of that. Edited by neurosport on 01 February 2010 at 1:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| neurosport Diglot Newbie United States diy-av.net Joined 5449 days ago 12 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English, Russian* Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 16 of 32 01 February 2010 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
I am pretty sure anybody growing up with broadband internet will know English. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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