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A European Union survey recently revealed that half of Europe's citizens speak two languages, contrasting sharply with the U.S.'s 9%. Luxembourg had the highest number of confident bilinguals, with 99% of those questioned responding that they could carry on a conversation in another language. English was the most-spoken second tongue, followed by German and French. Read the article from the Associated Press at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050924/ap_on_re_eu/eu_languages
SourceThe Associated Press
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