Did They Let Them Off Too Easy?
Being bilingual is like having a superpower. You can understand and speak two (or more) languages, which means you can communicate with a wider range of people and access a broader range of information and ideas. It also means that you can navigate different cultural contexts with ease and flexibility. But just because it sounds like a superpower doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
It is estimated that around 43% of people in the world speak more than one language. That’s 3.3 billion people, which means your chances of running into someone who has more than one vocabulary set is pretty high. Even in the US, your chances of finding someone who speaks another language in addition to English is at least 21%.