Re: MultiLingual Vs BiLingual

On 17 Oct 2006 00:22:55 -0700, "RafaMinu" <rafaminu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>For your info, Spanish is one of the lingua francas of large parts of
>the USA.
>A lingua franca is any language widely used beyond the population of
>its native speakers.
>The de facto status of lingua franca is usually "awarded" by the m*****
>to the language of the most influential nation(s) of the time.
>
Where, in the US, is Spanish "widely used" by people other than native
speakers of Spanish?  In this state, where Spanish is widely used, it
is only used by non-native speakers of Spanish to communicate with
native speakers of Spanish.


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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL