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AGBF, used a term that's new to me, polyglot.
Google gave me:
How many languages do polyglots speak?
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 speak 5 languages fluently)
... which brought up another question.
At the end of the quote is, "less than 1‰ of world population speak 5 languages fluently"
What does, "1‰" mean?
Is it different than 1%?
Google gave me:
How many languages do polyglots speak?
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 speak 5 languages fluently)
... which brought up another question.
At the end of the quote is, "less than 1‰ of world population speak 5 languages fluently"
What does, "1‰" mean?
Is it different than 1%?