• wieson@feddit.org
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    2 hours ago

    I think anyone in India and Africa speaks 4 languages easily.

    1. their regional language (i.e. Masaai, Yoruba, Xhosa)
    2. the over-regional language (Arabic, Swahili)
    3. a coloniser language (English, French)
    4. and possibly just enough of a neighbouring regional language

    I think many Chinese people are also bilingual (i.e. Wu+ always mandarin). They often learn another language in school (English or something geographically closer, like Korean).