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> I think it will be the second most spoken language in Europe Arabic has 4-12 million speakers in Europe depending on how you count. If we take the most gener
by avar 8y ago
> I think it will be the second most spoken language in Europe
Arabic has 4-12 million speakers in Europe depending on how you count. If we take the most generous estimation (12 million) which compares 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants to native speakers it's at best the 13th most spoken language in Europe[2].
Why do you think it'll displace all the languages that are currently ahead of it?
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe#Immigrant_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe#Immigrant_...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe#List_of_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Europe#List_of_la...
- User23 8y agoParent is extrapolating from the trend.
- avar 8y agoSuch an extrapolation doesn't make sense. You could also assume that all of New York would be speaking Italian by now given historical immigration rates. Foreign languages only tend to have staying power until the 2nd or 3rd generation. All these immigrants are going to public schools in their respective countries where the official language is spoken, it's expected that they speak it at their jobs etc.