From: Mark Davis (mark.davis@jtcsv.com)
Date: Tue Oct 21 2003 - 14:15:39 CST
I don't think it is quite that simple. Look at India, for example.
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
To: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis@jtcsv.com>
Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Tue, 2003 Oct 21 12:36
Subject: Re: GDP by language
> Mark Davis scripsit:
>
> > Thus they are rough figures, since different language groups will have
unequal
> > distributions of GDP; and there may be significant multilingual populations.
>
> In fact, officially multilingual countries are less likely to have polyglot
> citizens than officially monolingual ones. The whole point of being
officially
> multilingual, after all, is to allow multiple groups of monoglots to get
> equal access to government services. If most of your citizens are polyglots,
> you may as well choose the language that most of them can speak, even as L2 or
L3,
> as the official language.
>
> --
> John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com
> To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are
> no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that
> they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The
Hobbit
>
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