Mark Davis scripsit: > Thus they are rough figures, since different language groups will have unequal > distributions of GDP; and there may be significant multilingual populations.
In fact, officially multilingual countries are less likely to have polyglot citizens than officially monolingual ones. The whole point of being officially multilingual, after all, is to allow multiple groups of monoglots to get equal access to government services. If most of your citizens are polyglots, you may as well choose the language that most of them can speak, even as L2 or L3, as the official language. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit
