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[โ€“] BruceLee@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, many africans speak 2 languages in their family, a third one for people that don't speak one of theses two and have studied french and english.

[โ€“] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So, exactly how it works in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesian.

They speak native local language from their city, other two from other islands, English for international language, sometimes Chinese, Malay, Arabic, Korean, or Japanese. Not to forget the national language, Indonesian.