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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI’m guessing, it doesn’t list the colonizers there, because in terms of numbers, they’re irrelevant…
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoYes, let’s ignore the whole of the Americas and Australia. Lots of people in African ex colonies are native speakers of Portuguese and French. I presume this was already the case in 1950.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThen I guess, I was guessing wrong? I’m not trying to claim anything and I did specify “there”, because I did notice the Americas and Australia. I assumed, the definition of “native speaker” was maybe a bit special here…
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s confusing specially because it highlights south africa but nothing else.
I’m guessing, it doesn’t list the colonizers there, because in terms of numbers, they’re irrelevant…
Yes, let’s ignore the whole of the Americas and Australia.
Lots of people in African ex colonies are native speakers of Portuguese and French. I presume this was already the case in 1950.
Then I guess, I was guessing wrong? I’m not trying to claim anything and I did specify “there”, because I did notice the Americas and Australia. I assumed, the definition of “native speaker” was maybe a bit special here…
It’s confusing specially because it highlights south africa but nothing else.