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That site is so weird. And whoever wrote that article is also mathematically illiterate. Not to mention they didn't link to any sources. So here is one they claim to have used:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Foreign_language_skills_statistics#Level_of_command_of_best_known_foreign_language

This source says that 65% of 25-64 year old spoke at least a second language in 2016. The much lower number of 24% is when asked about proficiency, which can't be compared with the US given Americans' notorious overestimation of their own qualifications.

Most of the 25% of Americans (I couldn't find a source for this) claiming to speak a second language is immigrants. I guess it needs to be said, but when people comment on the monolongualism of Americans, it's about those who are not immigrants or first generation born in the US.

In my experience, most non Hispanics claiming to speak Spanish in the US struggle to hold even a basic conversation. And I have been to 35+ states, including door to door canvassing, etc.

This is Lemmy. The Europeans love to paint Americans with the same brush our media paints us with.

I'm convinced many of them are just completely misinformed. As an American, I'm offended by this because that's OUR thing. Get your own thing, Europe!

Yet overall, only about 60% of Swedes use a second language every day.

So not at all a second language, but people using a second language every day...

Bet 90%+ of adult swedes speak at least 2 languages... I have never met an adult swede not being at least quite okay with the language of shakespeare, and I'm swedish & grew up there.

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