Shrinking Planet Statistic of the Day: English Speakers
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.14.08 | 12:48 PM ET
“Today, almost one-fourth of the planet’s population, 1.5 billion people, can speak some English. And the rate of English’s spread is increasing almost everywhere, from Europe to Asia to Latin America.” And yet, “the greatest growth on radio, television and the Internet is in local languages.” Source: Fareed Zakaria’s The Post-American World.
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Dave 07.14.08 | 6:27 PM ET
With the way America and Europe is growing, I would not be surprised that English is spreading. I hope this does not mean English is weeding out other languages.