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      • The European Union (EU) now has three alphabets and 24 official languages. Some 60 other languages are currently spoken in particular regions or by specific groups. Immigration has also brought numerous additional languages to the EU. It is estimated that citizens of at least 175 nationalities are now living in the EU.
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  2. Linguistic diversity. Languages define personal identities, but they are also part of a shared inheritance. They can serve as a bridge to other peoples and cultures by promoting mutual understanding and a shared sense of European identity.

  3. Apr 22, 2024 · The European Union aspires to be united in diversity. The defence, promotion and valuing of linguistic diversity plays a fundamental role in this quest. Languages are incredible tools with which we think, learn, relate to the world and communicate with others. They are also embedded in our identities and fundamentally intertwined with culture.

  4. Europe and linguistic diversity: Europe is linguistically the poorest continent. The latest count of both living and many known but extinct languages of Europe (Price, 2000) gives some 275 languages (and more than half of these are in the former USSR). Nonetheless, Europe is very poor on linguistic diversity.

  5. 4 days ago · Many of the figures confirm that peoples' responses are aligned with several of the European Education Area initiatives. Multilingualism and language diversity. Overall, EU citizens have positive attitudes towards multilingualism and value language diversity. For 76% of Europeans, improving language skills should be a policy priority