English-speaking population > As an additional language
16,000,000
36,000,000
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population
Ranked 6th.
Ranked 3rd. 125% more than France
English-speaking population > Total
16,000,000
36,000,000
DEFINITION:
English-speaking population includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. A first language, native language, arterial language, mother tongue, or L1 in linguistics, is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language. A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue (L1).
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population
Ranked 9th.
Ranked 5th. 125% more than France
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Jean Dupont, Paul Martin, Monsieur Durand, Monsieur Untel/ Madame Unetelle, Monsieur/Madame X, Pierre-Paul-Jacques (even though those are three very common, typical distinct surnames, this is often said as a long uninterrupted string, as if an actual composed surname: "or" is added in the middle sometimes: "Pierre-Paul-ou-Jacques")
Hans/Max/Otto and Erika Mustermann, Lieschen Müller, Otto Normalverbraucher, Meier/Müller/Schulze, Hinz & Kunz, NN
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: John Doe
Languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
German
DEFINITION:
A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate
99.9
99.9
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union
Ranked 19th.
Ranked 15th.
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > English
yes(Jacques Chirac speaks fluent English . )
yes
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > French
yes
no
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Japanese
no
no
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > %
12.75
7.84
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature
Ranked 1st. 63% more than Germany
Ranked 4th.
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates
13
8
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature
Ranked 1st. 63% more than Germany
Ranked 4th.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000
215,000
85,000
DEFINITION:
in Europe according to Bakker et al.
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Romani language
Ranked 8th. 153% more than Germany
Ranked 14th.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000
70 %
70 %
DEFINITION:
in Europe according to Bakker et al.
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Romani language
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 25th.
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > English
36 %
56 %
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Languages of the European Union
Ranked 16th.
Ranked 11th. 56% more than France
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > French
6 %
15 %
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Languages of the European Union
Ranked 18th.
Ranked 9th. 150% more than France
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > German
8 %
9 %
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Languages of the European Union
Ranked 20th.
Ranked 18th. 13% more than France
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