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Bilingual and Multilingual Speakers - Jobs Guide

Definitions

Definitions:

  • Monolingual: A person knowing only one language (40% of world population)
  • Bilingual: A person using or able to use two languages especially with equal fluency (43% of world population)
  • Trilingual: A person speaking three languages fluently (13% of world population)
  • Multilingual: A person who speaks more than two languages, but used often for four languages or more (3% of world population speak more than 4 languages)
  • Polyglot: Someone with a high degree of proficiency in several languages (less than 1% of world population speaks 5 languages fluently)