kirt · @kirt
37 followers · 76 posts · Server mstdn.social#introduction copied from my other profile @Kirt@lingo.lol ๐ I'm also @kirt@mastodon.social ๐ฆฃ
๐งฌ Side tracked #biologist
๐ from the #WesternPacific region
#Monolingual ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #English speaker, curious about more #Languages than I will ever learn ๐ช๐บ #German ๐ฉ๐ช #RussianLanguage :flag_wbw: #Hindi ๐ฎ๐ณ #Urdu ๐ต๐ฐ #Farsi ๐ #Arabic ๐ฒ๐น #Maltese ๐ฎ๐ฒ #Manx ๐ต๐ฌ #TokPisin
๐ I can read familiar names in multiple scripts but I am only fluent in English & German is the only other language know well enough to be useful.
๐ค i click "translate" a lot
#tokpisin #manx #maltese #arabic #farsi #urdu #hindi #russianlanguage #German #languages #english #monolingual #westernpacific #biologist #Introduction
Mstdn Kirt · @kirt
177 followers · 213 posts · Server mstdn.social#introduction copied from my other profile @Kirt@lingo.lol ๐ I'm also @kirt@mastodon.social ๐ฆฃ
๐งฌ Side tracked #biologist
๐ from the #WesternPacific region
#Monolingual ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #English speaker, curious about more #Languages than I will ever learn ๐ช๐บ #German ๐ฉ๐ช #RussianLanguage :flag_wbw: #Hindi ๐ฎ๐ณ #Urdu ๐ต๐ฐ #Farsi ๐ #Arabic ๐ฒ๐น #Maltese ๐ฎ๐ฒ #Manx ๐ต๐ฌ #TokPisin
๐ I can read familiar names in multiple scripts but I am only fluent in English & German is the only other language know well enough to be useful.
๐ค i click "translate" a lot
#tokpisin #manx #maltese #arabic #farsi #urdu #hindi #russianlanguage #German #languages #english #monolingual #westernpacific #biologist #Introduction
kirt · @kirt
37 followers · 75 posts · Server mstdn.social#intro copied from another profile @Kirt@lingo.lol ๐ฆฃ I'm also @kirt@mastodon.social
๐งฌ Side tracked biologist
๐ฅ Looking for my niche
๐ Western Pacific
#Monolingual #English speaker, curious about more #Languages than I will ever learn #German ๐ช๐บ #RussianLanguage :flag_bwb: #Hindi ๐ฎ๐ณ #Urdu #Farsi #Arabic #Maltese ๐ฎ๐ฒ #Manx ๐ต๐ฌ #TokPisin
๐ So far I can read familiar names in multiple scripts but I am only fluent in English & German is the only other language know well enough to be useful.
๐ค i click "translate" a lot
#tokpisin #manx #maltese #arabic #farsi #urdu #hindi #russianlanguage #German #languages #english #monolingual #intro
Baiji | flo · @fasnix
772 followers · 4962 posts · Server dresden.networkPredominantly #monolingual countries:
#USA: 80%
#UK: 62%
of the #population speaks only #English
What necessity is there for #people from English-speaking countries to #learn any other #language, if the whole #world is expected to "must be able to speak English"?
I call this predominance a kind of "language colonialism".
"How do we measure language fluency?"
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190903-linguistic-fluency-proficiency-second-language-learning
#monolingual #usa #uk #population #english #people #learn #language #world #bbc #future
Todd668 โฏ๏ธ้ธฟ็นโจ · @HeartOfChina
7 followers · 33 posts · Server mindly.social๐กHow many #languages do you speak at least conversationally? ๐ฃ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
#foreign #language #bilingual #multilingual #polyglot #monolingual #English #French #Spanish #Chinese #Italian #German #Japanese #Korean #Russian
#languages #foreign #language #bilingual #Multilingual #polyglot #monolingual #english #French #spanish #chinese #Italian #German #Japanese #korean #russian