Originally Posted by
carlosdca
I always assumed that all Canadian Francohphones speak English too. I guess I was not 100% right.
SouthAfrica does not surprise me at all, they have seven official languages.
11 Official languages as indicated by your map but having spent 3 months hitchhiking around South Africa in the early nineties it still surprises me that English as the lingua franca is spoken by less than 40% - perhaps as a hitchhiker the population that I was exposed to was car owners and that was no doubt a more English-speaking skewed population.
I found this quote which supports the general number indicated on your initial map.
Despite attempts to promote multilingualism, only 45% of the population have a basic grasp of English whilst 22% of the population fully understand political policy and administrative statements made in English.
http://www.capetownmagazine.com/sa-languages
And to not completely hijack your thread
standingoten the Accor Super Sale that ends in just over 7 hours includes some Rio properties at 50% off for stays until the end of August. Rates for the Mercures at Ipanema/Leblon under $140/night are very rarely seen.
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/promot...zyprices.shtml