[Foundation-l] A simple question on languages.

[daniwo59 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/23/2008 11:08:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
gmaxwell at gmail.com writes:

What is  the minimum number of languages must you write in to
effectively  communicate with 99.9999% of all the world's  literate
people?





Well, the first thing to do would be to count the number of monolinguals,  
not necessarily the number of languages spoken. For instance, in the US, Canada, 
 Australia, there are a lot of tiny indigenous languages, but most of the  
speakers communicate effectively in other languages, for better or for worse. 
 
Danny



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