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[-] ziggurat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'm surprised Philippines isn't regarded as over 90% in Asia they are second only to Singapore which indeed has a blue dot.

I think it depends on how strict a definition you put on it. According to pna.gov.ph less than 9% of adults dont use English at all. And I guess this doesn't include taglish, because I dont think they mean mixing the word shorts into the language is using English

So I guess its a matter of definition, if you can afford to go to school nearly everyone can speak English, if you can't go to school English proficiency drops but over 90% at least use English sometimes. As from 4th grade they primarily use English to teach in school for most subjects

At least in Norway and Iceland (yes nearly other European countries as well) translate Disney movies to their local language. The Philippines doesn't, they serve English as English is one of the two official languages and has been since it was US territory.

I was surprised when sitting in the back of the class of first grade in Norway that most kids wasn't able to use English conversationally (yet), but that is just my ignorance, and rather I should be surprised to see most kids knew basic words in English instead. But its hard to have perspective when my multilingual daughter had conversational English from 2 years

this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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