Need to travel to Asia & Australia next month. Thx
2006-08-10 03:08:38 · 8 answers · asked by Mick Q 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Oh i really mean those famous languages, not minorities languages/dialects. I mean countries those people can speak *at least* a few international languages
2006-08-10 03:25:27 · update #1
Preferably those languages that have *at least* 100 million speakers worldwide, coz really, i'm travelling to Asia, man! They make up more than half of the world's population
2006-08-10 03:27:16 · update #2
Sri Lanka
Tamil, Sinhalese, English and lot of Hindhi movies (though they don;t speak it in Sri Lanka)
2006-08-10 03:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by blind_chameleon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many many countries are significantly multilingual. In the UK we have English, Welsh, Scots and Irish Gaelic in addition to Urdu, Punjabi, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese etc. Most of these languages have broadcasts on satellite channels. Only the smallest countries are completely monolingual. The good news if you're travelling is that most large hotels have English speaking satellite channels -- even if it is just CNN and ESPN.
2006-08-10 10:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don know how 'multiracial' malasyai is,. but from what i heard (people who've been there) they say its not uncommon for a person to speak more than 3 languages at times!
American tv is the primetime lineup, followed by Mandarin, cantonese (HK), Korean, Malay, hindi, Tamil, Spanish (telenovelas), Indonesian, Japanese, Arab, etc. The news is made in English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay & tamil, which are Top 4 languages there
2006-08-10 10:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by savitha_meshdu80 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Singapore, Malaysia, Australia
2006-08-10 10:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by meikon80 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all malaysians r either bilingual or multilingual. I've been to the country a few times there r more than AT LEAST 5 different langugaes aired on tv
2006-08-10 10:12:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Singapore.
English is our first language.
Chinese, Tamil, Malay language is our second language (dependent on the individual's race).
2006-08-10 10:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by bb_kitkat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India and China
2006-08-10 10:12:23 · answer #7 · answered by Eri T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Singapore they speak four languages.
English, Chinese, and I forgot which other two, but they do speak four.
2006-08-10 10:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by Maus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋