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Many countries, such as Belarus, Belgium, Canada, India, Ireland, South Africa and Switzerland, which are officially multilingual, may have many monolinguals in their population. The US Constitution allows for states to declare official languages.

Many scholars assert that English-only laws would violate due process and equal protection under the law. This right is protected in the Constitution. The Federal government allows Americans to speak any language they want.

#Monolingual countries full#

Italy: Languages just aren't a priority in Italian schools, so many live their lives without ever uttering a full sentence of “the global language”.

Russia: Despite over 90% of Russians studying English at school, barely 10% can speak it as adults.

Here are The Top 10 Most Monolingual Countries In The World Is the UK in danger of becoming one of the most monolingual countries in the world? Trilingual: A person speaking three languages fluently ( 13% of world population) What percentage of the world is trilingual 2021?

Being a multicultural country of immigrants, the government has never implemented an official language at the federal level. Is America a monolingual country? Monolingual America? The US has no official language – yet English has always reigned supreme. About 43 percent of the population in the world is bilingual and speak a second language. A bilingual person speaks two languages with almost an equal level of fluency. Monolinguals constitute 40 percent of the world's population.