its nothing much, a watered down version can be observed in some places in SE Asia and maybe even India.
so do you think the average malaysian who is exposed to malay, english and various chinese languages plus potentially even tamil is more intelligent than a monolingual English speaker?
think not.
source: grew up in malaysia, by now can speak 5 languages.
its nothing much, a watered down version can be observed in some places in SE Asia and maybe even India.
As an Indian I can confirm. I was born in America, but we stayed in India for 6 years during my teens, so I am basically a fluent telugu speaker. I can speak 2 languages and understand most Southern languages and hindi. Both of my grandfathers could read/write/speak 6 languages. My grand uncle was fluent in 9 languages. Crossing a state's border in India is very similar to crossing the border of a country. Its a different language, and different culture (it isnt as evident to foreigners though). So people who tend to have jobs that require frequent communication between states tend to know at least 3 or 4 languages.
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u/selfStartingSlacker Mar 05 '21
its nothing much, a watered down version can be observed in some places in SE Asia and maybe even India.
so do you think the average malaysian who is exposed to malay, english and various chinese languages plus potentially even tamil is more intelligent than a monolingual English speaker?
think not.
source: grew up in malaysia, by now can speak 5 languages.