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Languages used by the speakers at the UN General Assembly, 2024 (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The effects of colonialism can be seen quite clearly in this map. Many people used either English, French, Spanish or Portuguese, and that’s not a coincidence.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

Even the Holy See speaks English. Sometimes speaking the language everyone else understands is just being a decent guy.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In Europe, having former imperial dependencies seems to be the minimum requirement for getting to use your own language at the UN.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Austria, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden do not check out.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm actually surprised Germany and Austria did not speak German. It's still an important language.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Internationalism speaks English in Germany at the moment. My guess for that is a) historical reasons and b) necessary for power display as "European" voice.