CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF – it is multilingualism rather than monolingualism that is the norm…

… with various reports estimating that between 60 % and 75 % of the global population can speak more than one language. And in such a multilingual, digitally interconnected world, where more and more people are brought together by shared interests and goals rather than just geographic proximity, the interchange of words between languages and cultures has accelerated. Changing our attitudes towards multilingualism and language variation is vital to fight the linguistic prejudice that causes people to be discriminated against for not using the “right” words or for speaking in the “wrong” accent.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/12/english-words-world-global-speakers-language

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