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Andocara
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Postby Andocara » Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:29 am

Bilingualism is common among many first generation immigrants in Andocara. Some cities in Metro Andocara even adopted official bilingualism, such as Gialayo, which is actually a trilingual city (English, Mandiran, and Tagalog).
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Zhouran
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Postby Zhouran » Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:45 am

Apart from Mandarin Zhouranese (Zhouranese dialect of Mandarin), many people in Zhouran can speak English as a second language. Thanks to the Internet and the increase of interconnection with the rest of the world, a lot more of the youths have gained proficiency in fluently speaking English as a second language.

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Postby KRLD » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:13 am

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Postby Republica Federal de Catalunya » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:23 am

Yes. We have 2 official languages and the learning of those two is encouraged. Also our English is learnt at school.
Also We have a large amount of population is descendent of people that immigrated during the 50s and 60s from our former colonies, Portugal and Spain.

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Postby Pax Brasiliana » Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:55 am

Bilingualism is common in specific provinces. Every province speaks Portuguese as an official language, and regions such as Uruguay and Paraguay speaks Spanish as a second language. In these regions, alongside Entre Rios, Petrônia, and Guiana other languages aside from Portuguese are spoken. In the Guiana region, four languages (Portuguese, English, Dutch, and French) are spoken, and it is not very uncommon for the Guianians to be trilingual.

For the Brazilian regions, well, it is pretty uncommon. Most bilingual Brazilians are usually middle and upper-class people who went to private schools. English is the preferred second language, followed by Spanish and German.
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Postby Roegerland » Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:09 pm

Yes, very common. The three official languages are Amerikaans, Spanish and English. Amerikaners learn English in childhood and many know some basic Spanish to communicate to the Latin-American population who themselves often learn English as a bridge language to converse with the Amerikaners. English is naturally the lingua Franca of Roegeland. Native Toba (or Qom) speakers are few in number but mainly speak Spanish when conversing with non-natives.
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Is Bilingualism common in your nation?

Yes it is. Spanish, English and Espanglish are spoken by many persons in our nation. Espanglish is the mixing of a few words of Spanish and English back and forth, adding Spanish endings to English verbs and making up new Espangish words and phrases that sound Spanish. When you go to Mc Donald's, Burger King, restaurants, stores and the post office, at times you will use a few words of Spanish and English back forth, or with family and friends.

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Postby Estado Novo Portugues » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:07 pm

No, it isn't. All foreign-language media is banned and so is international travel, so citizens of the Holy Catholic State have no use for languages other than Portuguese. Very few schools offer foreign language classes at all, and those that do rarely have English as an option. French and Italian are far more popular.
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Postby Wochaystein » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:02 pm

Yes
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Gandoor
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Postby Gandoor » Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:10 pm

Considering that our nation has multiple official languages, bilingualism is fairly common in Gandoor, although we won't pretend that everyone who lives in our nation is bilingual (or greater).

The two most common languages to be bilingual in are English and Japanese, with about 60% of the population reporting fluency in both languages. Both languages are recognized as official under Gandoorese law.

When it comes to our third official language, Russian, the situation is somewhat different. Similar to French in Canada, a large percentage of the Russian-speakers in our nation live in one administrative division (in our case, Freena Yon), which is also effectively a monolingual region of our nation.

But when it comes to the Russian-speakers living outside of Freena Yon, all of them report fluency in English with about 4% also understanding Japanese.
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Postby The Union of British North America » Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:11 pm

The NAU has three official languages, and about 20% of North Americans can speak another language besides English, usually French or Spanish. Indigenous languages are slowly being incorporated into general governmental functions, and about 50% of indigenous North Americans are bilingual (English/French/Spanish and their indigenous language). Ukrainian and Russian are common in tiny communities in the provinces of Yukon and Vancouver. The Chinese, Korean, SE Asian, and Japanese diaspora in the NAU speak their native languages and English, at about 50%.

Generally, there is an expectation of bilingualism in the NAU, officially and socially.
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Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic
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Postby Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic » Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:21 am

Alinghi, verry common pratically the 98% of over-14 people know at least 2 languages, 90% are trilingual...
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Drongonia
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Postby Drongonia » Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:30 am

Schools do encourage learning another language, however it is not a requirement and only about 12% of people can fluently speak a second language. It is extremely rare to see a sign/notice anywhere with a second language on it.

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Lancov
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Postby Lancov » Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:00 am

Students in secondary school are required to study a foreign language, so the majority of our population speaks at least two languages. Most students choose to study English. Signage is almost always in Lancovian, either alphabet, except for businesses that specifically cater to the native speakers of a foreign language. Government communications are required to be in Lancovian prominently, with translations for English and German readily available.
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Resia
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Postby Resia » Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:24 am

Bilingualism is common since we are a trilingual nation.

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Postby Giapoagnos » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:54 am

Yes, and in fact a good majory can even speak three. The main languages are Greek, Latin, and English. Some also tend to learn Germanic, Irish, Scottish, and some Welsh, due to a chunk of people coming from these areas.
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Postby Waisnor » Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:23 am

Waisnor officially became bilingual country in 2003 after the adoption of 1st Amendment to the constitution of the country. The official languages of the country are Russian and Belarusian.
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Postby Pakojebato » Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:24 am

Yes. In addition to Aenōṃṃani, most Pakanese are also fluent in English.
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Postby Glakta » Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:30 am

Nearly the entire population of Glakta is bilingual, with most speaking their native language (and there are over 6000 of them) and also Glaktan as the lingua franca.
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Postby Gunyria » Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:49 pm

Yes. I come from Slovakia and all people here can speak or at least understand Czech as well because it is almost the same language. Besides that, people know English pretty well and older people tend to know Russian from our socialist times...

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Postby Ruritane » Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:30 pm

Everyone in the country of Ruritane speaks both English and French. Some people in the outer provinces of Ruritane speak other languages besides English and French. Basically, everyone in Ruritane is bilingual, trilingual, or a polyglot.
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Postby New Order Philippines » Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:16 pm

Almost everyone in NOP speaks at least 3 languages: English, Filipino, and the most spoken language in the state a citizen is living (Korean/Japanese in Kamchatskian State, Thai/Vietnamese in Indo-Fil Boundaries, etc.). Though only 9% are monolingual, people don't discriminate them.
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Postby Wallenvale » Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:24 am

Yes. Both English and Wallenian are taught in schools. In addition a large portion of the population can also speak a third language; usually Dutch, Germany or French.

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Postby Panslav » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:40 am

Second language is a common occurence, since official, Panslavian, language is constructed and didn't yet replace previous languages.
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Postby Rafinha » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:41 pm

Yes. Aside from the national language of Rafinese Spanish, Mesoamerican languages and English are taught in schools. As a result, most Rafinese are proficient in both English and local indigenous languages by the time they enter high school (aged 15). The Rafinese Board of Education supports, in public schools, courses for the following languages: English, French, Italian, Basque, German, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Latin, Hebrew and authorizes provincial authorities to teach indigenous languages.

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