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Monolingualism and Multilingualism

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Difference between Monolingualism and Multilingualism

Monolingualism vs. Multilingualism

Monoglottism (Greek μόνοσ monos, "alone, solitary", + γλώττα glotta, "tongue, language") or, more commonly, monolingualism or unilingualism, is the condition of being able to speak only a single language, as opposed to multilingualism. Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers.

Similarities between Monolingualism and Multilingualism

Monolingualism and Multilingualism have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): China, Cognition, English language, Europe, First language, Immigration, List of multilingual countries and regions, Second language, Singapore.

China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Cognition

Cognition is "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses".

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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First language

A first language, native language or mother/father/parent tongue (also known as arterial language or L1) is a language that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

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List of multilingual countries and regions

This is an incomplete list of areas with either multilingualism at the community level or at the personal level.

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Second language

A person's second language or L2, is a language that is not the native language of the speaker, but that is used in the locale of that person.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Monolingualism and Multilingualism Comparison

Monolingualism has 45 relations, while Multilingualism has 146. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 4.71% = 9 / (45 + 146).

References

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