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Why just two? Here in Europe many speak more than that, with varying proficiency, sure. But speaking just two languages, that's just about the bare minimum for
by brnt 5y ago
Why just two? Here in Europe many speak more than that, with varying proficiency, sure. But speaking just two languages, that's just about the bare minimum for people from a non-anglosphere mono linguistic nation state. Most states have more languages than one.
- Agingcoder 5y agoThe article is about bilingualism, which here means speaking two languages natively. This is vastly different from speaking languages you've learnt later on, and only partially master (or even speak very well for that matter, as is often the case for people who have learnt English). I speak several languages with wildly varying degrees of proficiency, but only speak two natively. I can confirm that switching between my two native languages is seamless, and I usually don't even realize I have switched.