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Re: Guns of the South

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Sunday, January 16, 2000, 1:57
fortytwo@gdn.net writes:
>English and Spanish, probably, with local governments in the Philippines >and Greenland speaking their local languages alongside the two official >ones.
In the Philippines, earlier in this century, the national languages _were_ Spanish and English. English and Spanish were the two languages of business, education, and government (though recently Spanish has dropped out of favor, and English is most used. But even that is being phased out by Pilipino (mostly Tagalog with bits of other Philippine languages added to appease the rest of the archipelago). Of course, various tribal languages are spoken at home too. ________________________________________________ It's worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance...