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There's millions of people that speak languages other than English in the UK [0]. Apart from Welsh, there's Polish, Punjabi, French, etc. 21% of people in the
by illumen 12y ago
There's millions of people that speak languages other than English in the UK [0]. Apart from Welsh, there's Polish, Punjabi, French, etc.
21% of people in the UK are functionally illiterate. Which is pretty good compared to the USA at 48.7%. [1]
Even in the USA, there's lots of people that speak Spanish and English.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdo...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy
- Kurtz79 12y agoYes, of course there are, in any country which has some measure of immigration, people which will speak their original language, in addition to the language of the country they moved in. Just as well, the people of some region of the same country with a different language than the national one, will likely speak both (Wales, Catalunya...) But in this case I would say that multilinguism is a side effect for those groups, not something that is part of the country itself.
- lil_cain 12y agoI think the Welsh (or Scots, or Northern Irish) would disagree that their language is not part of their country...
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- Kurtz79 12y agoFor "country", I meant the United Kingdom, at least in this context. Although I agree that the term is open to interpretation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom