Majorities and Minorities - Multilingualism part four

Being multilingual make someone a world majority, but what exact percentage is multilingual? According to dana.org, a survey taken in 2006 says that 54% of respondents in Europe claimed they are multilingual. In 2001, the Associated Press stated that 66% of children in the world were raised multilingual. America is largely a monolingual country (english being the only language most people speak), in 2006 it was established that about one fifth (20%) of Americans older then five claimed to be multilingual.


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A multilingual sign reading 'entrance' in English, German, Spanish and French/Un letrero multilingüe que dice ‘entrada’ en español, ingles, francés y alemán. - Credit/Credito: Britannica ImageQuest. https://quest.eb.com/failedlogin?target=%2F. Accessed 9 Aug. 2019.

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Ser multilingüe convertirse alguien a un mayoridad del mundo, pero qué es el exacto porcentaje de multilingües? Según a dana.org, una encuesta tomada en 2006 dice que 54% de sus encuestados en Europa afirmó que eran multilingüe. En 2001, el Associated Press expresó que 66% de los niños en el mundo fueron criados multilingüe. América es en gran parte un país monolingual (con ser inglés el solo idioma que muchos hablan), en 2006 fue establecido que alrededor 20% de americanos mayor de cinco expresó ser multilingüe.

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Bibliography/Bibliografía

Information/Información:
Multilingualism | Linguistic Society of America. https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/multilingualism. Accessed 8 Aug. 2019.

Polylingual Dictionary Definition | Polylingual Defined. https://www.yourdictionary.com/polylingual. Accessed 8 Aug. 2019.

“Talking in Many Tongues.” @GI_weltweit, https://www.goethe.de/en/spr/mag/sta/20492171.html. Accessed 8 Aug. 2019.

The Benefits of Multilingualism | Udine International School. https://udineis.org/about-us/the-benefits-of-multilingualism/. Accessed 8 Aug. 2019.

The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual. http://dana.org/Cerebrum/2012/The_Cognitive_Benefits_of_Being_Bilingual/. Accessed 8 Aug. 2019.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Multilingual. https://www.synonym.com/synonyms/multilingual. Accessed 8 Aug. 2019.

Multiple Dual Language Teachers along with a French teacher/Multiple maestras de idioma dual y una maestra de francés

Translation help/Ayuda de traducción:
SpanishDict, https://www.spanishdict.com/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share. Accessed 28 July 2019.

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