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Being fluent is a different question, you can dream in English without it being your native language.

first language = A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_language

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JumpCrisscross 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, we understand what a first language is. You should understand why that’s irrelevant to this discussion.

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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 12 hours ago | parent [-]

You know, they weren't the one to bring it up and their point seems to have consistently been that the majority of the global population does not speak English.

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JumpCrisscross 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Plurality of the world (25%) and a larger plurality of the internet-connected world (37%, [1]) speak English. (Granted, most of TikTok’s market now probably doesn’t speak English.)

[1] https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/pages/stat/default.a...

	▲	lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> majority of the global population does not speak English > Plurality of the world ... speak English Sorry, what point are you trying to make?
	▲	Retric 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Which was my original comment…