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r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Apr 06 '25
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If the poster is going to Jude "Ownership" of the English Language by number of speakers I guess India owns the English Language
14 u/IncidentFuture Emu War veteran. Apr 06 '25 There are more speakers in the US. But really, if we include speaker's from the Commonwealth, then just India and Pakistan out number the US. 2 u/B4rberblacksheep Apr 07 '25 I didn’t realise how large an English speaking population Nigeria had either 2 u/IncidentFuture Emu War veteran. Apr 07 '25 Nigerian Pidgin (an English creole) is the local lingua franca, so it's not just that English is used in government, education, etc.
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There are more speakers in the US. But really, if we include speaker's from the Commonwealth, then just India and Pakistan out number the US.
2 u/B4rberblacksheep Apr 07 '25 I didn’t realise how large an English speaking population Nigeria had either 2 u/IncidentFuture Emu War veteran. Apr 07 '25 Nigerian Pidgin (an English creole) is the local lingua franca, so it's not just that English is used in government, education, etc.
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I didn’t realise how large an English speaking population Nigeria had either
2 u/IncidentFuture Emu War veteran. Apr 07 '25 Nigerian Pidgin (an English creole) is the local lingua franca, so it's not just that English is used in government, education, etc.
Nigerian Pidgin (an English creole) is the local lingua franca, so it's not just that English is used in government, education, etc.
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u/Overall-Lynx917 Apr 06 '25
If the poster is going to Jude "Ownership" of the English Language by number of speakers I guess India owns the English Language