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Language knowledge

PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:01 am
by Andrés M Cabrera
There are about 7,000 languages in the world.
There are 50,000 characters in the Chinese language. You’ll need to know about 2,000 to read a newspaper.
12.44% of the world’s population speaks Mandarin as their first language.
There are about 2,200 languages in Asia.
1/4 of the world’s population speaks at least some English.Learning another language is important
50% of educational time in Luxembourg devoted to learning English, German, and French.