Interesting facts about languages

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LANGUAGES French was the official language of England more than 600 years About one in five of the world's population speaks a form of Chinese 3 USA doesn't have an official language ( at federal level) (ABC 4 The world's most widely spoken languages by number of native ypeakers and as a second language are: India has a higher English speaking population than United Kingdom! Russian Hindi Spanish English Chinese 6. At the time of the French Revolution in 1793, 75% of French citizens did not speak French as a mother tongue. Each region had its own dialect and patois. After latin, the language that has had the biggest historical influence on Spanish is Arabic 7 75% KEKEE If you need cash in Vatican, you can use 米 The motto on the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdoms is in French! an ATM in Latin. It says "Dieu et mon droit" or "God and my right" 10 Percentage of the adult population of some non -English-speaking countries claimed to be able to converse in english Sweden - 85% Denmark -84% Luxembourg - 66% Germany - 64% France- 39% Italy -34% DEUTSCH POLYGLOT 2POLYGLOT.COM