Bilingualism s Bilingualism is the capacity of an individual or the individuals from a network to utilize two dialects successfully. Modifier: bilingual. Monolingualism alludes to the capacity to utilize a solitary language. The capacity to utilize various dialects is known as multilingualism. The greater part of theâ worlds populace is bilingual orâ multilingual: 56% of Europeans are bilingual, while 38% of the populace in Great Britain, 35% in Canada, and 17% in the United States are bilingual (Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia, 2013). Historical underpinnings From the Latin, two tongue Models and Observations Bilingualism as the NormBilingualismmore by and large, multilingualismis a significant unavoidable truth on the planet today. In the first place, the universes assessed 5,000 dialects are spoken on the planets 200 sovereign states (or 25 dialects for every state), with the goal that correspondence among the residents of a large number of the universes nations unmistakably requires broad bi-(if not multi-)lingualism.
