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Santa Selena
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Postby Santa Selena » Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:19 pm

Without including Selene, Greek would be the largest language, mainly in the Macedonian Region.

Aside from that, the following are in order of popularity

-Turkish
-Bulgarian
-Arabic
-English
-Macedonian
-Albanian
etc.
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Postby Western Fardelshufflestein » Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:22 pm

Definitely English and German, as they are linguistically similar to Fardelshufflesteinian and thus taught as part of the curriculum. After those two, Maori, which is the largest minority in WF.
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Republic of Vareshia
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Postby Republic of Vareshia » Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:23 pm

the most common foreign languages here are:
German
Russian
Japanese

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Rhim Flavezztowland
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Postby Rhim Flavezztowland » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:14 pm

In Rhim Flavezztowland, the English language's the most popular foreign language nationwide (and need I mention that it's also RF's sole official language?).

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Postby Quartia and Karafuto » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:16 pm

Japanese. It is not only used as a lingua franca throughout East Asia (since it's slightly easier to learn and definitely easier to pronounce than Chinese or Korean), there's also a lot of Japanese living on Karafuto Island.
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Postby Belize and Honduras » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:17 pm

Korean

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East Vordania
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Postby East Vordania » Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:46 am

We must break out answer into four subsections.

Education

Prior to the Second World War French and English were taught as foreign languages in secondary schools. Since the war Russian has become the primary foreign language taught, with English as an optional third language along with the languages of Warsaw Pact countries, Arabic and Mandarin.

Historic minorities

Historically East Vordanian has Jewish and Polish minorities speaking Yiddish and Polish. However during the war the Jewish population was largely murdered in the Holocasut and after the war Polish majority districts were incorporated into the post-1945 Polish state.

Alliances

East Vordania is a member of the Warsaw Pact. As such there are exchanges of students, military personnel and technical advisors with Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Immigration

East Vordania has a small but growing non-European population with the arrival of students and refugees from the Third World speaking a variety of different languages.

Overall

In answering the original questions the largest spoken foreign languages are English and Russian, due to teaching in secondary schools. The largest "foreign" language spoken as a first language would probably be Polish. The fastest growing foreign language would probably be Vietnamese.

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Postby The United Confederacy of The Americas » Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:20 am

English is primary with Spanish coming in second.

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Postby Syndic Australia » Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:44 am

Our official language is Austro-Anglic, a dialect of English. From the perspective of our indigenous population that would be the correct answer. Barring that, there are 10 languages spoken by more than 1% of the population.

Of these 10, Cantonic would be the next most widely spoken language, followed closely by Arabic and Hindic. Italic, Turkic, and Germanic follow, then Mandarin, Hollandic, Greek, and Austro-Gaelic.

These days, most Australic citizens are at the very least bilingual. Immigrant communities have retained their native languages through the generations and education also contributes to this, with no less than 30 languages widely available for study at school. The process of reconstructing aboriginal languages is ongoing, with Maori being the most widely spoken native language.

Austro-Gaelic is a unique language derived from the Gaelic languages of the Brittanic Isles. It incorporates the cants and colloquialisms of the nation's historic syndicates and other revolutionary groups, and is a de facto co-official language, though relatively few can speak it fluently. It can be thought of like Shakespearean English; used mostly for poetry and literature, hated by high school students. As such, whilst not widely spoken, one could say it is the second-most 'known' - though also only as foreign as our Anglic.
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Postby Middle Barael » Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:38 am

Probably French, followed by Italian, Catalan, German, Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Phoenician, and Hebrew
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The Palentine
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Postby The Palentine » Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:07 pm

It would be the Kennyite variation of English.

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Yerbanistan
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Postby Yerbanistan » Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:02 pm

Technically it's Russian. Although not historically native to Yerbanistan (it was introduced in the 20th century, during Soviet rule), it's an official language along with Yerbani, and spoken by nearly all of the population.

English is the most widely spoken non-official foreign language. But unlike Russian, learning English isn't mandatory, so only about 20 % of Yerbanistanis can speak it, almost all of which are under 30 and have university degrees.

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Felicidadia
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Postby Felicidadia » Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:22 pm

Spanish is the largest foreign language with over 60% of the population having some fluency in it.

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Postby Nou Pais Valencia » Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:56 am

English and Spanish are the foreign languages with more speakers.

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New Arbanon
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Postby New Arbanon » Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:58 pm

Russian is the most common foreign language, with 11% able to speak it fluently. Pashto comes in a close second, with about 10% able to speak it fluently.
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Postby Ko-oren » Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:11 am

English, followed by Dutch, Japanese, French, and Finisterran (descended from Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician).
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Postby New RandyLand » Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:46 pm

Spanish, French, native languages, and sign language are all common foreign languages in New Randyland with Spanish being the most spoken besides English.

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Postby Masalaya » Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:44 am

Masalaya has two main official languages and two minor official languages

Aside from Waray as the kingdom´s first official and native main language, English. English is used for easier communication, domestically and internationally.

The two minor official languages are Austro-Bavarian German and Standard Spanish, with the German-speaking percentage being noticeably higher.
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Postby Deacarsia » Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:51 am

The largest foreign language in Deacarsia is Irish.
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Postby Alaska Hawaii and the Aleutes » Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:56 am

We have 3 official languages: English, Russian and Qha
We have 6 semi-official languages: Hawaiian, French, Ni-Vanuatu, French Creole, Kaska, Aleutian
Some other languages which are often learned: German, Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian

Largest semi-official language: Hawaiian
Largest other language: Mongolian
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Saperetia
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Postby Saperetia » Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:00 am

Russian, probably. Most of the Nations on my continent speak English, with a handfull speaking Polish or German. But looking at their combined population of less than 100 milion as of the time of writing this, the way bigger Russian nations located East over the sea would probably dominate the immigration on my continent, having together around 1.5 billion people.

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Postby Cuthon » Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:46 am

Belarusian is our largest language and our Lingua Franca, as our country is generally made up of parts of Belarus. Although this is the case, other Slavic languages are taught in schools and regions in the country are still allowed to teach their native languages. Our largest foreign language is German, as it is the closest country to us.
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Postby Republica Federal de Catalunya » Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:19 am

English. Is the most known foreign language and is taught at school from preschool. Students have to choose a second foreign language when get into secondary education. The most populars are French, Spanish, German and Italian.

Then come foreign languages from immigration as Arab, Romanian, hindu, Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, Russian and chinese. Are gaining popularity.

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Postby Destyntine » Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:51 pm

Official Native: Destynic
Unofficial Native (From most common to rare): Swedish, Norwegian, German, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic

English would be the largest foreign language in Destyntine. Most English speakers are tourists. The majority of English speakers come from the UK and the United Districts of America. Only a quarter of Destynic citizens are fluent in English. All diplomats are fluent in English, including the Queen herself.

Top 10 most common to rare:
1: English
2: Krimoni
3: Italian
4: Mandra
5: Russian
6: French
7: Irish
8: Scottish
9: Japanese
10: Korean
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Sarenvania
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Postby Sarenvania » Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:05 am

English. Roughly 80% of the population knows how to speak it. French (35%) and Romanian (25%) are the next largest foreign languages.
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