From: hr.usenet@email.de   
      
   On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, Christian Weisgerber wrote:   
      
   > A news item make me look up the language skills in a particular   
   > European country, which in turn led me to discover that there is a   
   > whole new 2024 edition of the "Europeans and their languages"   
   > Eurobarometer survey.   
   >   
   > https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2979   
   >   
   >   Abstract   
   >   The Eurobarometer survey on Europeans and their languages provides   
   >   information on citizens' language skills, use of languages and   
   >   attitude to language learning within the European Union. It also   
   >   allows us to see the evolution over time, as results are compared   
   >   with the previous language survey conducted in 2012.   
      
   I find the numbers hard to believe. One in six people who live in Germany   
   speaks enough French to have a conversation in French? I think I have   
   only met the five others. One in nine Europeans has four languages at his   
   disposal for talking with other people? I have never met one of these.   
      
   --   
   Helmut Richter   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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