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TIL If you speak only one language you are a minority(40%) as most of the world speaks two(43% of people) or more languages. (www.newsdle.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

For anyone else who was confused about the numbers not adding up: It is 43% who speak two languages and 17% who speak three or more languages. So in total it's 60% speaking two ore more languages. That's crazy!